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Proposed Minimum Characterization Parameters for Studies on Food and Food-Related Nanomaterials

December 24, 2009

A Letter to the Editor published in the Journal of Food Science recently proposed a set of nine characterization parameters for studies on food and food-related nanomaterials.  The letter, from Jeffrey Card (Ashuren Health Sciences) and Bernadene Magnuson (Cantox Health Sciences International), cites the MinChar list as one of a number of sources.
From the letter:
We [...]

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Nanoparticles – one word: A multiplicity of different hazards

December 17, 2009

A recent editorial in the journal Nanotoxicology which addresses the dangers of indiscriminate generalizations on nanoparticle toxicity, has just been made freely available for a limited time.
In Nanoparticles – one word: A multiplicity of different hazards (Nanotoxicology Vol. 3, No. 4, Pages 263-264), 12 authors express their concern over “how the term “nanoparticles” is being [...]

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US Office of Science and Technology supports minimum characterization data for nanotox

November 18, 2009

On Tuesday November 17th, Travis Earles from the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) emphasized strongly the Whitehouse’s support for developing and implementing good materials characterization practices in nanotoxicology studies.  Travis was speaking at the National Nanotechnology Initiative Human Health and Instrumentation Workshop.
The video of his presentation is available here, although you will [...]

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Chemical & Engineering News article on MINChar

December 15, 2008

This week’s issue of C&E News has a great article on the MINChar initiative by Britt Erickson.
You can access the article here
(Note: the article is from Volume 86, Number 50, pp. 25-26 (Dec 15 2008).  C&E News is a publication of the American Chemical Society.  This link is provided with the permission of ACS, [...]

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Welcome

November 19, 2008

Welcome to the Minimum Information for Nanomaterial Characterization Initiative.
This is a community initiative to improve the level of materials characterization in nanotoxicology studies.  It aims to complement other activities by encouraging the adoption of a minimum set of physical and chemical material characterization parameters in nanotoxicology studies.
Development of an organized approach to documenting critical characterization [...]

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Ensuring Appropriate Material Characterization in Nano-toxicity Studies

November 19, 2008

Workshop Summary
A workshop was held at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC between Oct 28 – 29 2008, with two aims:

To develop minimal material characterization recommendations for nano-toxicology studies; and
To develop a plan of action for encouraging adoption of these recommendations by researchers, research managers and research publishers.

This is a draft summary of workshop [...]

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