• Home
• About Defra
• The Environment
• Food and Farming
• Rural and Countryside
• Wildlife and Pets

You are here:

• Home
• The environment
• Quality & safety
• Nanotechnology
• Useful links

Environmental quality and safety

Nanotechnology

• Policy
• Research Coordination Group
• Reports
• Meetings
• Useful links

Nanotechnology: Useful links

Links to other sources of information

UK

• Government Call To Help Create A Uk Strategy For Nanotechnologies
• Nanotechnology: innovation for tomorrow's world
• SAFENANO: the Nanotechnology health and safety information site
• British Standards Institute (BSI)
• Science Museum
• Royal Society
• Micro and Nanotechnology (MNT) Network

Relevant Scientific Advisory Committees

• Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF)
• Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (sACHS)
• Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP)
• Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances (ACTS)
• Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG)
• Committee on Carcinogenity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC)
• Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP)
• Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM)
• Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)
• European Commission Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Hazards and Risks

EU and international activities

• European Commission nanotechnology website
• OECD (PDF on OECD website) - Report of the OECD Workshop on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US national Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

For more information contact nano.technology@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Further information is available on our Help page about downloading or reading Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.

Page last modified: 6 October 2009
Page published: 21 October 2005

You may also be
interested in...

Defra Helpline
Mon-Fri: 8am to 6pm

08459 33 55 77