Date/Time
Date(s) - Monday, September 15, 2014 - Tuesday, September 16, 2014
All Day
Location
Milken Institute for Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Category(ies)
This workshop brings together experts from diverse disciplines to explore ways in which Alternative Testing Strategies (ATS) may be combined to create a Weight of Evidence (WOE) or “multiple models” approach to inform context –specific decisions about risk from exposure to novel nanoscale materials. The goal is to advance a common understanding of the state of the science, early lessons, current opportunities, and next steps for developing ATS for use in decision making for nanoscale materials.
The specific decision focus for this first “state of the science and practice” evaluation is the initial set of screening level decisions that a risk manager would need to make about seeking further (specific) data or declaring obvious safety for a novel nanoscale material. The output of the workshop will be a set of recommendations reported to the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) and via peer reviewed publications and web-based portals about ways in which these approaches may be practically applied in the near term to improve environmental decision making by governmental and industrial organizations. The output of the workshop holds potential for transformation through risk screening approaches that promote safer and more sustainable material and technology development.
More information about the workshop can be found at www.srananoworkshop.org.