REACH's 2018 nanomaterial updates may already be falling short, with new research identifying significant regulatory blind spots around multicomponent nanomaterials that the revisions failed to anticipate.
The study sets out concrete amendment recommendations, making it a timely resource as the EU continues to evolve its chemicals regulation framework.
NIA Member Yordas Publishes a Timely Scientific Article on Multicomponent Nanomaterials and REACH
NIA Staff
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Summary
The Yordas Group, through its Principal Consultant Dr. Neil Hunt and co-authors, has recently published a scientific article examining the 2018 REACH revisions, which introduced nanomaterial-specific clarifications and provisions. The study focuses on multicomponent nanomaterials (MCNM), assessing REACH's regulatory preparedness to address them and highlighting areas where obligations remain uncertain or unclear.
The article concludes with recommendations for potential amendments to REACH to better accommodate MCNM.
Further information: Hunt et al., Regulatory Preparedness for Multicomponent Nanomaterials: Current State, Gaps, and Challenges of REACH. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4996901 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4996901
