EU: German UBA calls for EU-wide nanomaterials registry

04 July 2016

The German Environment Agency (Umwelt Bundesamt or UBA) published a 36-page report on current knowledge and regulations regarding nanomaterials. The report concludes with eight policy recommendations. Much of the UBA report concerns risk assessments and testing protocols and how they relate to REACH. The report also notes that much remains unknown about which nanomaterials are already in the marketplace. For that reason and remaining uncertainty about possible health and environmental risks, UBA, which manages the national German eco-label (“Blue Angel”), has instituted a policy to not award the ecolabel to any products containing nanomaterials (Recycling Laws International, 10 June 2016).
Click here to download the UBA nanomaterials report (788 kB).

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