Technical Workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean Region on Nanotechnology and Manufactured

Nanomaterials: Safety Issues 22-24 June 2015 Bogotá, Colombia

Professor Alba Avila, Ph.D Engineering School

Universidad de los Andes Bogotá, Colombia

Outline

• Workshop description.

• Publications in Latin America (Nanotechnology, nanosafety).

• Needs and priorities identified during the workshop.

• Commitments of some countries in the region.

• Workshop website.

International partners Local partners in Colom

bia Technical Workshop for the Latin

American and Caribbean Region on Nanotechnology and Manufactured

Nanomaterials: Safety Issues

Representatives from Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, Panama, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Colombia attended the workshop.

Participants:

16 government representatives

10 representatives from academia

2 representatives from regulatory bodies

1 representative from the Latin American Nanotechnology & Society Network

1 representative from non-governmental organizations.

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Event Program 22nd June 23rd June 24th June

Opening Latin American Nanotechnology- vision-cont´d: Peru, Saint Vincent & Grenadines

Nano safety at Uniandes

Presentations: UNITAR, OECD, SAICM, COLOMBIA

Updates from SAICM’s 2nd Open-ended Working Group Country roadmaps: Switzerland, Thailand and Uruguay Colombia's Industrial Chemicals Management Programme

Laboratory tour

Latin American Nanotechnology- vision: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Ecuador, Panama

Individual work sessions State of the Art in the Latin America Region.

Closing

Working groups: Identifying the needs in the Latin America region.

Colombia

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Identified Needs 2015 National and Regional Information: There is a lack of strategies or systems

that allow effective consultation of nanotechnology initiatives, capabilities and actors in different countries of the region.

Public Awareness: Workers and consumers are not aware of the presence of nanomaterials or nano compounds in their jobs or commercially available products.

Communication of Benefits: The Latin America and the Caribbean region does not have effective mechanisms for communicating to the general public the potential benefits of nanotechnology.

Collaboration: There is a lack of a regional strategy to ensure collaborative opportunities among existing national and regional actors.

Nano Safety: There is very limited scientific research and production on the issue of nano safety as well as a lack of regulatory processes to ensure industrial safety.

Education: The region lacks training and certification processes for nano safety issues. Issues related to the physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials, toxicology, ecotoxicology, accidental dynamics associated with physical hazards (e.g. fire, explosion), emergency response, hazard characterization, risk analysis, risk assessment and risk management were prioritized.

The state of Business and Academia: in general terms, Latin America and the Caribbean do not have mechanisms that allow for the generation of synergies between States, companies and academic institutions in issues related to nano safety.

Labelling: The region has no mechanisms for identification and communication of hazards associated with nanomaterials and nanocomposites.

Nano Waste Management: Latin America and the Caribbean do not have mechanisms that allow for the appropriate management of nano waste that promotes the protection of workers, consumers and the environment.

Identified Needs 2015 –Cont’d

Identified Needs 2015 Cont’d

Nano Policy: countries of the region do not have policies explicitly related to the management of nanomaterials and nano compounds through their lifecycle.

Legislation: very few statutory or regulatory instruments have been developed in the region related to nano safety issues.

Standardization: the region has several public and private national standards institutes.

International Cooperation: international cooperation initiatives in nano safety issues are not widespread in the region.

Collaborative Projects: countries have not developed joint projects on nano safety issues.

Application o Sector Nanomaterial

AgNPs AuNPs TiO2 CeO2 SiO2 ZnO NA DE FU NC NTPS NTPM Cosmetics Research and development

Ceramic, textile, chemical and plastic industries

Cleaning agents Paints Coatings Pharmaceutical and diagnostics

Sewage treatment Electrical components Fuel Additives Personal Care Food Construction and civil works

Agriculture Education Other

Nanomaterials and applications in Latin America and the Caribbean

Silver nanoparticles (AGNPS), gold (AuNPs), titanium dioxide (TiO2), cerium dioxide (CeO2), silicon dioxide (SiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), nano clays (NA), dendrimers (DE), fullerenes (FU), carbon black (NC), and single- and multi-walled nanotubes (NTPS and NTPM)

Key goals to achieve by 2020 • Present workshop results at the fourth session of the

International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) in October 2015.

• Establish a network on nano safety between stakeholders in the region.

• Build competence incorporating existing infrastructure, laboratories, human resources, and the education of students.

• Establish national requirements for the registration of

nanomaterials not only in products, but also in raw materials.

• Include the nano safety assessment in the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

• Have occupational health guidelines for nanomaterials.

• Collect information related to the industry about best practices and management of nanomaterials.

• Develop model regulations and standards. • Identify different sources for financing requirements that the

region can create and apply for according to regional needs. • Include of nanomaterials in the GHS.

Key goals to achieve by 2020

• Implement regulations addressing identification, regional standardization, monitoring and control.

• Establish a process to promote a program of accreditation of

institutions and agencies in nano safety.

• Create and maintain an inventory of commercially available nanomaterials and nanocomposites in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Create and maintain an active interlaboratory network for

characterization covering 50% of the countries in the region.

Key goals to achieve by 2025

• Implement consumer education programs where the foundations of responsible consumption are provided.

• Implement nano safety promotion programs associated with basic and applied sciences studies at technical colleges and universities.

• Develop open protocols for operations and training activities in

the laboratory network.

Key goals to achieve by 2025

Brazil (INMETRO): they offered the possibility of adding one or more Latin American laboratories to their interlaboratory tests.

Chile (USCh): the representative offered his expertise in strategic planning processes and decision-making, based on the hierarchical analytical model for the future construction of a roadmap on nano safety for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Commitments

Commitments

Colombia (Government): Colombia’s Government will work on the inclusion of nanomaterials in its Industrial Chemicals Management Program.

Colombia (UNIANDES): offered their NanoRisk App and experience in the development of protocols for the safe handling of single and multiple wall carbon nanotubes.

Mexico (CENAM): offered their experience on policy and metrology issues, specifically as it relates to determining particle size by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

http://www.unitar.org/cwm/nanosafety-regional-workshop-latin-american-and-caribbean-region-Colombia

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Workshop website

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Years searched: 1961 - 2015

Accessed on: Jun 02 2015

Data base: Scopus ( http://www-scopus-com.ezproxy.uniandes.edu.co/ ) ISI Web (http://apps.webofknowledge.com.ezproxy.uniandes.edu.co/ )

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Thank You a-avila@uniandes.edu.co