New tests for determining health and environmental effects of nanomaterials

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 08:00 in Psychology & Sociology

A group of international experts from government, industry and academia have concluded that alternative testing strategies (ATSs) that don't rely on animals will be needed to cope with the wave of new nanomaterials emerging from the boom in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Their consensus statement from a workshop on the topic appears in the journal ACS Nano.

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