Nanosafety and risk assessment projects

IOM:SAFENANO is one of the leading organisations in Europe involved in nanosafety and risk assessment projects, having been coordinators or partners in a diverse range of major Framework Programme projects focused on the development of fundamental knowledge regarding the hazard, exposure and risks of nanomaterials.

As both an SME and research organisation, we have unique and extensive experience with the potential risks from particles, platelets and fibres invaluable to the assessment of novel advanced materials.  Our laboratory, workplace instruments and Standards-based approach is of proven utility in assessing and mitigating hazards, exposures and risks across the life cycles and value chains of technological innovation.

• Nanosafety assessments across the life cycle stages
• Workplace exposure measurements using state-of-the-art instruments
• Research into exposure by inhalation, skin contact and ingestion and their impacts on health
• Exposure modelling (workplace consumer and/or community exposure)
• Laboratory simulation of particle release
• In vitrotoxicity testing
• Prediction of health impacts and advice following accidental exposures to hazardous substances
• Risk assessment (workplace, consumer and/or environmental exposure to chemicals)
• Advice and validation of risk management measures
• Strategy and policy advice
• Advice on regulatory compliance

H2020: service card is available to download here

Innovate UK:  service card is available to download here.

Our current and past projects:

• • For further information on NanoTextSurf, please visit the project page
• Gracious
  • For further information on GRACIOUS, please visit the H2020 project website
• EIROS
  • For further information on EIROS, visit the project website
• OptiNanoPro
  • For further information on OptiNanoPro, please visit the project website
• Lloyd’s Register Foundation
• CO-PILOT
  • For further information on CO-PILOT, please visit the project website
• PolyGraph
  • For further information on PolyGraph, please visit the project website
• UltraWire
  • The UltraWire project was featured on the BBC News flagship technology programme 'Click'. To watch the UltraWire project video, visit our YouTube Channel
  • For further information on Ultrawire, please visit the project website
• NanoMaster
  • For further information on NanoMaster, please access the Final Report Summary
• NanoSynth
  • For further information on NanoSynth, please visit the project website
• ElectroGraph
  • For further information on ElectroGraph, access the Final Report Summary
• Value4Nano
  • For further information, access the Final Report Summary
• NanoSafePack
  • The Mini-Guide, which is available to download in English here
  • For further information on NanoSafePACK, please visit the project website
• ENPRA (led by IOM)
  • The final summary report for the ENPRA project is available to download here.
  • For further information, please visit the project website 
• Sanowork
  • For further information on Sanowork, please visit the European Commision Community Research and Development Infromation Service
• MARINA (led by Lang)
  • A final report summary of the MARINA project is available to download here
• NANEX
  • The final project report from NANEX is available to download here.
• Nanommune
  • IOM's principal focus in this project was on modelling and risk assessment of the data generated throughout the project's duration. Based on the results of this project, a paper on risk management of nanomaterials has been published in WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology.
  • Further information, visit the Cordis webpage
• ITS-NANO
  • The final ITS-Nano project report can be downloaded here
• PARTICLE_RISK (Sixth Framework Programme) (led by Lang)
  • A presentation summarising the project results is available to download here.
• NANOMICEX
  • For further information on NANOMICEX, please visit the project website
• NanCore
  • For further information, please visit the project webpage
• NanoTEST
  • The final summary report of the NanoTEST project is available to download here.
• NANODEVICE
  • A final summary report of the NANODEVICE project is available to download here.
• NanoImpactNet
  • The final report of the NanoImpactNet project is available to download here
  • For further information on NanoImpactNet, please visit the Cordis webpage
• ObservatoryNANO
  • IOM/SAFENANO led the EHS & Risk workpackage of this project. Key findings of this workpackage have been published in Nanotoxicology
  • For further information on ObservatoryNano, please visit the Cordis webpage