Working and living with nanotechnologies – European NanoCap conference

Workers and chemicals: 10th ETUI seminar

Unions sound the alarm on nanos in food

On 12 March, the IUF, an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in the preparation and manufacture of food and beve...

Unions sound the alarm on nanos in food

On 12 March, the IUF, an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in the preparation and manufacture of food and beve...

Nano-safety studies urged in China

Buying the nano-market

Nanotechnologies are expected to deliver big future benefits. Market research and reports have produced a slew of economic predictions. But how do...

How to regulate the “nano-revolution”?

Nanotechnology policymaking is an extremely complex process. Safety is key to building confidence and trust, and gaining community acceptance, but...

Infographics: Working with nano. What you need to know and who to talk to?

Nanos in the human body: medical perspectives and ethical concerns

Healthcare is a priority focus of nanotechnology research, where the convergence of nanosciences, molecular and cell biology, and medicine can act...

Unions require transparency and traceability of nanomaterials – 2nd ETUC resolution on nanos

Nanodiode project - training materials on nano and workers

The NanoDiode project, an EU-funded research project, runs from mid-2013 to mid-2016. It aims to create an innovative and coordinated programme of...

Why there must be

“The sky’s the limit in the nano world”, is a pet quip among nanotechnologists. But the pleasantry doesn’t just point up the promised progress we e...

Applet - Working with nano? What do you need to know and who to talk to

European projects

Currently the ETUI participates in the following projects financed by the European Commission:

Aïda Ponce Del Castillo

Workers and nanomaterials

The EU’s REACH chemicals legislation requires industry to provide information on chemical substances for their evaluation, and this applies also to...

What are nanotechologies ?

The Netherlands: guidance working safely with nanomaterials

Nanotechnologies

Nanotechnologies – techniques for manipulating matter at the atomic level – have been described as a more far-reaching technological revolution tha...

The Belgian Presidency calls for nanomaterials register

Europe should make consumer information on the presence of nanomaterials mandatory and maintain a register to trace these materials back to their s...

Public consultation on a European nanomaterials registry

In mid-May, the European Commission set going a public consultation on possible measures to increase the transparency of nanomaterials on the Europ...

The ETUC contributes to the definition of the term ‘nanomaterials’

ETUI and ETUC activities

Public consultation on a European nanomaterials registry

Workers' health at risk ?

Belgium gets nanomaterials registry

Pilot testing of capacity - building tools on nanomaterials

Nanomaterials are used in many EU workplaces despite our limited and even non-existent knowledge about the hazards they bring to human health or th...

REACH is completely ineffective for nanomaterials (report)

REACH: substance evaluation starts

Nanotechnologies: Niosh suggests exposure limit for carbon nanotubes and nanofibres

EU nanomaterials register looks unlikely