Carbon Nanotubes: Canary In The Mine?
This post was written by Antony Klapper, Margaret L. Sanner and Jesse Ash.
In June 2008, scientists at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammatory Research, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and other locations released results from a study linking carbon nanotube (CNT) exposure in mice to the development of cell pathologies associated with asbestos exposure.
The widely publicized research specifically found that exposing the mesothelial lining of the body cavity of mice to long-fibered CNTs results in asbestos-like pathogenic behavior, including the formation of cell lesions of the type which are known precursers to mesothelioma development in humans.
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