University of Iowa and other nationally recognized researchers call for fundamental research in environmental health and safety studies of nanomaterials (NanoEHS).  An article entitled “NanoEHS – defining fundamental science needs: no easy feat when the simple itself is complex” was just published in Environmental Science: Nano. The article is the outcome of a National Science Foundation sponsored workshop co-chaired by Vicki Grassian and Amanda Haes held last November in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization.  The article calls for new systematic, integrated research approaches in NanoEHS, bridging current knowledge gaps, and suggestions of fundamental research areas to further explore the scientific foundation to address NanoEHS needs. For the full article see http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/en/c5en00112a#!divAbstract