Toxicology, regulatory frameworks, environmental impact, and safe handling practices for nanoclays and nanoclay-based products.
Barrier packaging is one of the most commercially attractive nanoclay applications, and it is also the one where the regulatory gate is highest. An additive that is unremarkable in …
Most companies working with nanoclay understand the first layer of compliance: the substance has to be on the relevant chemical inventory. Bentonite is. Montmorillonite is. That …
Ask a supplier whether nanoclay is safe to handle and you’ll get a reassuring answer, and the reassurance is mostly earned. Ask an industrial hygienist the same question and …
Nanoclay is a regulated material twice over: once as a chemical substance under each region’s chemical-inventory law, and again — increasingly — under nano-specific rules …
Every new nanoclay user eventually asks the same question: “Is this stuff safe?” The answer is nuanced but ultimately reassuring — nanoclays have one of the strongest …