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

Lire

Article

health

12/06/2025

E171 in pharmaceuticals: when will the European Commission end its silence?

Article

food

30/05/2025

Notice of the disappearance of E171 in the United States

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

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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.

Info sheet

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

Juin

2025

Nanocharacterization for the study of materials and structures (CEA, Grenoble – France)

Grenoble

Training

This course is designed for engineers or senior technicians working in the field of micro and nanotechnologies in public or industrial laboratories, who need to solve problems related to controlling the properties of materials at the nanometric scale during their development and/or integration into devices.
Organizers: INSTN Grenoble (CEA)
June 17 to July 3, 2025
Website: https: //instn.cea.fr/formation/nano-caracterisation-pour-letude-des-materiaux-et-structures

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Juin

2025

Advancing Safety & Sustainability Assessments of Advanced Materials (Horizon Europe, Paris)

Paris

Conference

Joint Regulatory Risk Assessors Summit
Organizers: the Horizon Europe projects ACCORDs, iCare, MACRAMÉ, and nanoPASS
Object: Addressing the needs of industry and regulators in assessing the safety and sustainability of advanced materials
Location: OECD
Website: https://icareproject.eu/…advanced-materials