POLICY STATEMENT

Nanotechnology has the potential to make important contributions to the environment,

health, and safety (EHS), while at the same time posing potential EHS challenges. After
critically analyzing the potential hazards that the nanotechnology might bring to the people
and our community. I came up with a policy called “Nanotechnology Application and
Regulatory Policy” which aims to limit and monitor the application and usage of the
nanomaterials to the food additives, cosmetics, biocides materials, medicines, food labeling
and materials in contact with foodstuff etc. and properly assessing its toxicity risks to our
health. The purpose of this Policy that I created includes the following guidelines and rules
and regulations listed below:
 Nanotechnology should only be used in protecting and improving human health, safety,
and the environment
 Enabling accurate and efficient risk assessments, risk management, and cost-benefit
trade-offs
 Creating a predictable, stable, and efficient regulatory environment that fosters
investment in nanotechnology-related innovation
 Ensuring public confidence in the safety of nanotechnology research, engineering,
manufacturing, and use
 Preventing the negative consequences of a problem in one application area of
nanotechnology from harming the use of nanotechnology in other applications due to
public fears, political interventions, or an overly broad regulatory response; and
 Ensuring that society can enjoy the widespread economic and societal benefits that
nanotechnology may offer.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

a. TIMETABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION:

NANOTECHNOLOGY POLICY AND REGULATION

Event Who When Description
“Implications of AIS ORGANIZATION January Publication of the proceedings of a
Nanotechnology for FOR EMERGING 10,202 Roundtable on Environmental Health
Environmental Health NANOTECHNOLOGIES 1 Sciences, Research and Medicine.
Research” (AOEN) Scientists will need to update their risk
assessment methodologies to create a
multidisciplinary approach including
industry; different levels of government;
 different types of researchers in
chemistry, physics, and biology; and
research regulatory scientists.
“Nanomaterials in the The Philippine January Report concludes that the Philippine
Workplace: Policy and Chemical Industry 15,202 government is providing insufficient
Planning Workshop on 1 funding and other resources to
Occupational Safety understand and manage risks that
and Health” nanomaterials pose to the health of
workers in the rapidly growing
nanotechnology industry in our country.
“Nanotechnology: The Earth Policy January EPC was established in 2021 to put to use
Assessing the Centre (EPC) 25,202 research conducted by Filipino university
Environmental Risks 1 students on environmental and
for Philippines” sustainability policy issues. The main
recommendations of the report are that
an immediate moratorium be
implemented on the commercial release
of nanomaterials; and that a national
regulatory authority be established to
ensure that the risks of nanomaterials
are effectively managed.
“Environmental NGOs The Philippine January The position paper argues that the
of the Philippines Chemical Industry 31, approach of assessing the safety of
publish a position 2021 nanomaterials apart from bulk
paper about the substances does not go far enough to
regulation of address their risks. It calls for lowering
nanotechnology” the threshold for mandatory registration
of a nanomaterials safety dossier with
The Philippine Chemical Industry and the
creation of a publicly accessible registry
of products containing nanomaterials