VeilleNanos

AVICENN

For more transparency and vigilance on nanos

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Transversal and independent information on nanos: risks and regulations

Nanos?

What are we talking about?

Newsflash

06/01/25

The latest nanos news on our social networks

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Article

additives

06/05/2025

Is the food additive E174, made of silver (nano)particles, about to be banned?

Article

agriculture

17/04/2025

There are nanos in phytopharmaceuticals… but no regulatory framework for them!

Article

consumption

14/02/2025

When will cleaning products be covered by mandatory [nano] labeling?

Article

risks

12/02/2025

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) and the risk of cancer: the opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU could back up classification

Article

agriculture

20/11/2024

Nanos in agriculture: information still sorely lacking

Newsflash

regulation

23/07/2024

Consultation on improving information on nanos in France

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Nanos? What are we talking about?

“Nano” comes from the Greek “nannos” and means “dwarf”. The nanometric scale is that of the infinitely small: 1 nanometer (nm) = ^10-9 meter = 0.000 000 001 m = 1 billionth of a meter.

Atthe nano scale, materials display “extraordinary” properties compared to “classical” materials, of micro or macroscopic size. This is why they are used in many different domains: food, cosmetics, textiles, paints, electronics, etc.

→ “New properties” also mean, potentially, “new risks”. Hence the need for an effective citizen vigilance on these.

The AVICENN association

AVICENN is an association whose purpose is to monitor and provide civic information on the issues related to nanoscience and nanotechnology. We exercise a citizen’s watch, propose transversal and independent information on nanomaterials and act for more transparency and vigilance in the nano field.

We research, compile and analyze information on nanotechnology and disseminate it widely in order to promote understanding of the issues and controversies to as wide an audience as possible. We use this website, veillenanos.fr, and related social networks: twitter, facebook, Linkedin as well as other media: books, comics, interviews, etc.

VeilleNanos.fr

AVICENN’s VeilleNanos website provides information on nanos and the associated risks.

Addressing citizens’ concerns, the site provides comprehensive information based on reliable, verified and documented elements.

The independent and multidisciplinary information is accessible to a wide audience.

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regulation

Revision of the definition of “nanomaterial” by the European Commission

Towards the ban on titanium dioxide in cosmetics and medicines?

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Upcoming Nano Agenda

Mai

2025

Toxicokinetics: the fate of chemicals in the body (ATC, Paris)

Paris

Training

4-day training :
- the different routes by which toxic substances can enter the body
- the importance of toxicokinetics in preventing the toxicity of substances,
- the absorption, distribution, metabolisation and elimination of xenobiotics
- the toxicity of nanoparticles
Organizer : Association Toxicologie Chimie (ATC)
From May, 19 to May, 22
Speakers :
- Frédéric Gaidou (Chemical engineer specialising in Toxicology, ERAMET Group, Paris, President ATC Paris)
- Sarah Dognin dit Cruissat (Doctor of Pharmacy, nutritionist, toxicochemist, CALMEVA, Lyon)
- Jean-Dominique Puyt (Veterinary Doctor, Honorary Professor at the École Vétérinaire, Nantes)
- Isabelle Malissin (Doctor, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris)
- Nicole Proust (Research Engineer, Honorary Director of Research at the CNRS, Specialist in Nanotechnologies, Arsenic, Electromagnetic Waves, Palaiseau)
- Marie-Chantal Canivenc-Lavier ((Nutri-toxicologist, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation INRA-Dijon)
- Claude Lesné (Doctor, Honorary Senior Research Engineer at the CNRS)
- Nicole Proust (Ingénieure Recherche, Directeur de recherche honoraire du CNRS, Spécialiste Nanotechnologies, Arsenic, Ondes électromagnétiques, Palaiseau)
Website : https://www.atctoxicologie.fr/notre-formation.html

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Juin

2025

Controlling the risks associated with nanomaterials (CEA, Online)

On line

Training

E-learning program: awareness-raising for personnel who come into contact with nanomaterials during research, formulation, production, maintenance, cleaning, upkeep, etc., as well as safety coordinators or engineers, facility managers, heads of laboratories where nanoparticles are handled.
Organizers: INSTN Grenoble (CEA)
On the program:
- 1 – Introduction, definition and characteristics of nanomaterials
- 2 – Toxicity of nanomaterials: the state of knowledge
- 3 – Metrology and characterization of nanomaterials
- 4 – Prevention and protection against nanomaterials in the workplace
- 5 – Quiz: assessment of learning outcomes
The 2-hour course can be viewed for one month from the date of registration.
Website: https://instn.cea.fr/…risques-lies-aux-nanomateriaux…