Safety aspects of engineered nanomaterials: JRC-EASAC report and Commission recommendation

The JRC and the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) presented in October 2011 a joint report on the state-of-the-art knowledge on safety aspects of engineered nanomaterials. The report "Impact of engineered nanomaterials on health: considerations for benefit-risk assessment" coincides with the adoption by the European Commission of a recommendation on a new common definition of nanomaterials, based on scientific advice from the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) and the JRC.