PHYSIOLOGICAL TESTING OF CARBON NANOTUBES: ARE THEY ASBESTOS-LIKE? |
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| Authors: | Andrzej Huczko Hubert Lange Ewa Ca&#x ko Hanna Grubek-Jaworska Pawe&#x Droszcz |
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| Affiliation: |
a Dept. of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
b Dept. of Pneumology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Abstract: | To determine whether carbon nanotubes can induce any significant health hazards we applied methods routinely used in the pathophysiological testing of asbestos-induced disease to show that the soot with a high content of CNTs does not induce any abnormalities of pulmonary function or measurable inflammation in guinea pigs treated with carbon nanotubes. |
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