Articolo in rivista, 2023, ENG, 10.3390/gels9110842

Compendium of Safety Regulatory for Safe Applications of Aerogels

Boccia Antonella Caterina, Pulvirenti Alfio, García-González Carlos Alberto, Grisi Fabia, Neagu Monica

CNR SCITEC; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania; Università degli Studi di Salerno

An increasing number of aerogels as nanostructured highly porous materials are entering the market in every day products, with an attractive portfolio of properties for emerging applications ranging from health care and leisure to electronics, cosmetics, energy, agriculture, food and environmental. However, the novelty in properties and forms of aerogels makes the development of a legislative framework particularly challenging for ensuring the safe development and use of nano-enabled products. The presented safety regulatory Compendium intends to share knowledge with the international aerogels community, as well as end-users and stakeholders, on the regulatory and safe handling procedures, as best safety practices, to be followed during the production process, handling, transport and end-use of aerogel-based formulations to mitigate human and environmental risks considering lack of data availability for this purpose in general.

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Keywords

best practices; safety regulatory compendium; aerogels

CNR authors

Pulvirenti Alfio, Boccia Antonella Caterina

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