Relevant Publications

Below is a list of publications that are relevant to this Community, sorted by objective. This list will be manually updated on a regular basis. It was last updated at 6:00 pm EST on March 26, 2013.

1. Coordinate with the Ontologies & Databases CoR on terminology and resources and enable inputs from the Ecotoxicology Testing & Predictive Models CoR, the Predictive Modeling for Human Health CoR, and the Exposure through the Life Cycle CoR to be meaningfully analyzed by methods from the Risk Assessment CoR in a manner that supports informed decision-making by the Risk Management & Control CoR.
2. Inventory methods and tools available for assessing and comparing potential risks and changes in risk for engineered nanomaterials and nano-enabled products (including applications such as medical diagnostics and treatment). 

• Grieger et al. Nanotox 2012

• Grieger et al. J Nanopart Res 2012

• Hansen et al. 2012

• Hansen and Baun, NanoRiskCat, 2011

• Linkov et al, MCDA, 2012

3. Match tools with end-user mission and decision needs, including the use of appropriate risk definitions, life cycle , and risk and benefit assessment and management tools of appropriate computational complexity. 

• Grieger et al. iJETS 2012

• Linkov et al, MCDA, 2012

4. Identify gaps among tools, data, stakeholder missions, and management need. 

• Grieger et al. Encyclopedia 2012

5. Review data to assess underlying physicochemical parameters and environmental conditions that can be used as predictors of nanoparticle risks. 

• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee’s Opinion on Nanoscience

6. Compare risks associated with engineered nanoparticles with those presented by materials from traditional manufacturing methods and with incidental and naturally occurring nanomaterials and evaluate associated uncertainty. 
7. Recommend a framework for including considerations of health and environmental impacts in planning and decision-making for the production, use, and disposal/recycling of nanomaterials and nano-enabled products. 

• Grieger et al. Nanotox 2012

• Linkov et al, MCDA, 2012

8. Recommend methods for calculating risks that allow for the ability to assess associated uncertainty as well as adapt and update risk estimates as new information becomes available or as stakeholder mission and decision needs change. 

• Grieger et al. Nanotox 2012

• Grieger et al. Nanotox 2009

9. Identify steps forward required to produce comparable risk calculations within a defined context or mission.