23 September 2020
leerzaam symposium
Het Brightlands material center legde deze maand uit wat er allemaal bij komt kijken als je plastics en verpakkingen circulair wil maken. Een leerzame webinar die ik [...]
Read-across: neonatal surgery needed?
Read-across is a valuable technique that Nanoconsult is currently exploring in advising ICCA on health impact assessment of microplastic particles. While learning the principles, the availavble [...]
27 August 2020
MDOT in full drive
It was so good to have our first review meeting of the MDOT EU project on August 27th 2020 (online) with project officer Canger Ozlem and project [...]
31 July 2020
ChemWatch continues debate on PSLT
Yesterday's issue of ChemWatch dedicated an Fresh debate over rodent tests for lung cancer with PSLTs-. Based on a commentary by Danish research Group (Ulla Vogel [...]
Tyre wear a significant source of airborne microplastics
A lot of focus on microplastic waste is to prevent plastic going into our environment. Tyres consist of a mix of elastomers such as rubber (natural [...]
02 June 2020
COVID and nanoparticle parallels
It does not come as a surprise that the COVID-19 virus behaves as a nanoparticle that upon inhalation can deposit in the nasal cavity and cross the [...]