High level EU scientific committee warns of asbestos-like risks of carbon nanotubes
The European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has just released its Risk Assessment of Products of Nanotechnologies. In light of shocking new studies last year finding that carbon nanotubes that look like...Mounting evidence that carbon nanotubes may be the new asbestos – new FoEA review
Carbon nanotubes – thin, hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms – look very much like asbestos. In 2004, the United Kingdom’s Royal Society and risk specialists at the world’s second largest reinsurance agent Swiss Re warned that once in our lungs,...Mounting evidence that carbon nanotubes may be the new asbestos
A series of experiments have demonstrated that when introduced into the lungs of rodents, carbon nanotubes cause inflammation, granuloma development, fibrosis, arte ry ‘plaque’ responsible for heart attacks and DNA damage. Two independent studies have shown that...Asbestos victims’ resource service calls for caution on nanotubes
Mesothelioma.com, “the authority on mesothelioma and asbestos cancer”, have published an information sheet that warns that exposure to nanotubes could pose similar risks to those of asbestos. “Current research suggests that exposure to carbon-based...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.