The EU invests in dampening health and environmental risks of nanomaterials with the new “Safe-by-Design for Nano” project
The project explores the Safe-by-Design concept which is a means to dampen human health and environmental risks, applying preventive safety measures during the design stage of a facility, process, material or product.
The 4-year Horizon 2020 project titled “SbD4Nano” first started in April 2020 and is lead by a consortium, which includes Yordas Group. Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years from 2014 to 2020.
The SbD4Nano sets out to create a comprehensive new e-infrastructure to foster dialogue and collaboration between all actors in the supply chain for a knowledge-driven definition of SbD setups that optimize hazard, technical performance and economic costs.
This will be achieved by developing:
validated rapid hazard profiling module, coupled to a new exposure-driven modelling framework aimed to reduce material toxicity;
cost-benefit analysis algorithms designed to find the optimal solution for safety and industrially convenient technical performance of the safe-born material;
a new software interface where product information can be exchanged between actors of the nanotechnology value chain fostering collaboration between regulators, researchers and industry.
The official acronym for the project is SbD4Nano, which stands for Computing infrastructure for the definition, performance testing and implementation of safe-by-design approaches in nanotechnology supply chains.
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