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Pre-market testing of nanomaterials in food is both practical and necessary

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Andrew Maynard's Thesis article1 asks an important question about how we respond to new data suggesting health impacts associated with nanomaterials contained in food products that are already on the market. He uses the example of synthetic amorphous silica (SAS), a nanomaterial used in food. A study released in 2012 suggested that the SAS had a very different toxicity profile to its nano colloidal counterpart2. The colloidal silica, which had virtually the same particle size as the SAS, had no toxic effects, but the SAS was shown to lead to the production of hydroxyl and reactive oxygen species.

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Tager, J. Pre-market testing of nanomaterials in food is both practical and necessary. Nature Nanotech 10, 285–286 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.49

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