This project has accomplished the reports on the gaps of domestic research capability and capacity in "Measurement and characterization of environmental nanoparticles and future exposure assessment", and the review of the progress and information of nanotechnology EHS issues in ISO and OECD. Concrete conclusion and suggestion have been made after the review meeting with domestic experts. The website of "Taiwan nanotechnology EHS database"(http://ehs.epa.gov.tw/) was re-structured last year. The primary objectives this year are website maintainance, and providing knowledge and integration of domestic research results on nano-EHS. Up to now, 102 research reports with fulltexts, 287 papers (includes conference papers) and 91 SCI paper with abstracts and fulltexts from domestic instituions have been uploaded in the website. Four issues of e-papers have been issued with the first issue being launched on July. 8, 2011. Readers can receive the latest nano-EHS news, nano-EHS knowledge, recent activities and the announcement of the next issue through e-mails, retrieve and read the fulltexts and track the historical files at the exclusive e-paper zone in the website. So far, the website has attracted 412 member registrations, including 101 experts in nano-EHS related issues. The number of visiting to the website is increased to 8313 (The statistics date is Nov. 29, 2011). Referring to the nano-EHS research strategy and research themes of advanced countries, considering resource constraint, previous research achievements, and the research activities of other domestic agencies, the "2012 Strategic Plan for Responsible Nanotechnology" has been re-written in both Chinese and English versions and four research priorities have been proposed. To strengthen the risk perception and communication of nanotechnology, the "2011 Environmental Nanotechnology Forum" was held and EPA's research achievements were introduced to different domestic stakeholders throught paper presentations and discussion. There were 139 people from the industry, government, academia and research institutions registered for the forum. Finally, to promote the international interactions and introduce the domestic nano-EHS research status, two experts in the nanoEHS issues were interviewed, including Professor Tsun-Jen Cheng from the Department of Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, and Director Gwo-Dong Roam from the National Environmental Analysis Laboratory of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Executive Yuan. The interview reports were prepared in both Chinese and English.

Nanotechnology, EHS, white paper, strategic plan, database