Table 3.
Evaluation of the Risk and concern/safety assessment tools, according to 9 relevant criteria. + Criterion fulfilled; − Criterion not fulfilled; ± Criterion not fully fulfilled; NA Criterion not applicable/available.
| Criteria | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tool | Easy to use/Understand, User-friendliness | Quantitative Information | Uncertainty Analysis | Documented Applications/Trustworthiness | Transparency of Application/Process | Comprehension | Influence on Final Policy | Structured Decision-Making | Fair and Knowledgeable Communication Process |
| SUNDS | + | + | + | + | + | + | ± | + | + |
| GUIDEnano | + | + | + | - | + | + | ± | + | + |
| NanoSafer | + | + | − | + | + | + | ± | + | + |
| Stoffenmanager Nano | ± | − | − | + | + | + | ± | + | + |
| LICARA nanoscan | + | ± | − | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) for nanomaterials | + | + | − | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| REACHnano ToolKit | + | + | ± | + | + | + | − | − | + |
| NANEX Exposure Scenario Data Library | + | − | NA | NA | NA | + | − | NA | NA |
| AMBIT2 tool | ± | + | − | − | NA | ± | NA | NA | NA |
| Nano to go! | + | − | NA | NA | NA | + | ± | NA | NA |
| SimpleBox4Nano (SB4N) | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| MendNano | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| NanoDUFLOW | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| GWAVA with water quality module | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| RedNano | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| Stochastic Materials Flow Model | − | + | + | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| Explorative particle flow analysis (PFA) | ± | + | + | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| Dynamic probabilistic material flow model (DP-MFA) | ± | + | + | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| MFA model 1 | ± | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| MFA model 2 | − | + | ± | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| PBPK model | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| Multiple-Path Particle Dosimetry Model (MPPD v 2.11) | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| ECETOC TRA v3.1 | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| ConsExpo nano | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| BAUA Sprayexpo 2.3 | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| EGRET2 | − | + | − | + | + | ± | − | − | + |
| SOP Tiered Approach for the assessment of exposure to airborne nano-objects in workplaces | ± | − | − | − | + | ± | + | + | + |
| NanoNextNL DSS (under development) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Work health and safety assessment tool for handling engineered nanomaterials | + | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| FINE (Forecasting the Impacts of Nanomaterials in the Environment) | − | + | ± | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| NanoCommission assessment tool | − | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | + |
| CB NanoTool | ± | − | − | − | + | + | ± | + | + |
| ANSES CB Nanotool | ± | ± | − | + | + | + | ± | + | + |
| Precautionary Matrix | + | − | ± | − | ± | ± | ± | + | + |
| NanoRiskCat | + | − | − | + | + | + | ± | + | + |
| NanoGRID | + | +- | − | + | + | + | ± | + | + |