Industry Faces Measurement Challenges Under EC Nanomaterial Regs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The European Commission’s recommended definition of “nanomaterial,” which could be wrapped into the recast Cosmetics Directive, appears to be relatively simple. In practice, measuring particles against the standard offers a number of technological challenges, a report from the EC’s Joint Research Centre suggests.
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