Perspective on how regulators can keep pace with innovation: Outcomes of a European Regulatory Preparedness Workshop on nanomaterials and nano-enabled products

Soeteman‐Hernández, Lya G.; Bekker, C.; Groenewold, Monique; Jantunen, Paula; Mech, Agnieszka; Rasmussen, Kirsten; Sintes, Juan Riego; Sips, A. J. A. M.; Noorlander, C.W.

doi:10.1016/j.impact.2019.100166

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“…The result shown in Figure 10 , of nanotechnology is closely related to the laws and legislation is in line with research already carried out. Innovation is usually accompanied by concern by regulators, whose mission is to protect the population's health and environmental protection [ 25 , 26 ]. As of 2003, nanotechnology research became official [ 24 ].…”

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Nanotechnology activities: environmental protection regulatory issues data

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Felzenszwalb

Marques

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Nanotechnology is a fascinating technology that is revolutionizing science and bringing countless benefits to the population. The economic side linked to nanotechnology has grown in recent years, as have the lines of research. However, nanoparticles can be toxic when released into the environment. In this work, a scientometric study was carried out in order to identify and describe scientific research on environmental protection involving nanotechnology with respect to regulatory studies. The research period was from 2003 to 2020, the database selected was Scopus and the software used for the study was Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer. According to specified keywords, the result presented by Scopus was a total of 106 publications. The clustering figures shown by VOSviewer showed that nanotoxicity studies were mostly aimed at protecting human health, to the detriment of environmental protection. Another interesting fact is that toxicity of nanomaterials has been studied from the perspective of risk assessment, including by the regulatory sector.

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Nanotechnology activities: environmental protection regulatory issues data

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Marques

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Heliyon

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“…So, industry decisions to 'fail early' can be made before high levels of R&D investment have occurred and become too substantial to retrace or abandon the new product development. The intention with SbD is that the responsibility for making fail early or design modification decisions will become a shared one (see p. 100166 in [13]).…”

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“…SbD and RP can then collectively contribute to a novel Sustainable Innovation Approach (SIA) for industry and regulators alike for the safe and sustainable development of nanoproducts [6, 8, 13, p. 100166]. SIA is designed to be a resilient system that is flexible, responsive, and adaptive as new knowledge is generated, to better anticipate future risks and generate corresponding regulatory modifications (see p. 100166 in [13]).…”

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“…The development of a culture of shared responsibility will require an early dialogue with actors with diverse vested interests who influence final innovation outcomes. This includes the innovator who must make R&D techno-economic decisions, the risk assessor raising potentially costly EHS critical questions, and the regulator on the 'if' and 'how' the product comes to market (see p. 100166 in [13]). An additional aspiration is that civil society actors will be invited into this circle for the early stages of this dialogue.…”

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“…There is also the need for allaying industry concerns regarding loss of commercial confidentiality and intellectual property. Initiatives, such as providing Trusted Environments within government technology hubs, could act as neutral venues for this democratized collaboration (see p. 100166 in [13,19]). In these settings, collaborative learning, mutual trust, confidence, and respect can be nurtured between the civil society actors, NM entrepreneurs, and regulatory agencies [19].…”

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The Safe by Design conceptual initiative being developed for nanomaterials offers a template for a new sustainable innovation approach for advanced materials with four important sustainability characteristics. Firstly, it requires potential toxicity risks to be evaluated earlier in the innovation cycle simultaneously with its chemical functionality and possible commercial applications. Secondly, it offers future options for reducing animal laboratory testing by early assessment using in silico predictive toxicological approaches, minimizing the number that reaches in vitro and in vivo trials. Thirdly, it promotes a culture of shared responsibility for ethical and sustainable outcomes in the innovation process by promoting early dialogue between groups with vested interests. Finally, it offers the prospect of a more democratized innovation process by including civil society actors in decisions on product safety, commercial applications, and social utility. Collectively, these four characteristics offer the prospect for a new social contract between science, technology, and society for the societal alignment and sustainable innovation of advanced materials.

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Perspective on how regulators can keep pace with innovation: Outcomes of a European Regulatory Preparedness Workshop on nanomaterials and nano-enabled products

Cited by 13 publications

References 37 publications

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