http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/ Engadget Comments for Carbon nanotubes causing asbestos-like effects in lab mice http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
Yeah, but the last time i checked, they weren't going to make ceiling insulation out of carbon nanotubes. If you breathe in powdered silicon, you'd probably get cancer, so should we stop making computer chips? Non sequitor.]]>May 21st 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
So nobody use carbon nanotubes in your sandbox!]]>May 21st 2008 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
-Engadget: Can we *please* get comment editing capabilities? We've only been waiting years and years for it.]]>May 21st 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/When we breath in particulates which our body cannot break down we damage our lungs. If they accumulate sufficiently they can be, (and often are) the cause of cancer. End of story. ]]>May 21st 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
*Cue ominous music.*]]>May 21st 2008 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/Nanotubes are (currently) VERY expensive and there’s no way they'd be used for something like a skylight.
Carbon Fibre however is relatively cheap, certainly cheap enough to make lightweight fittings out of.
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*sniff* Brings a tear to my eye. Makes me proud to be an American. *cue anthem in the background with fireworks accompaniment*]]>May 21st 2008 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
***NEWS ALERT***
There are carcinogens in plastics as well! Should we stop using it too?!]]>May 21st 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
In the longterm yes, we should stop using non biodegradable plastics. When plastics were first developed they were envisioned for long use activities, seeing as they last forever. Instead we use plastic on throwaway products.

And as for the masks people wear in the textile industry, they don't really do all that much. It's like the duck-and-cover turtle from the 50's. It's there to make you feel safer. Nostril cancer among weavers in the textile industry is still above the cancer average of the general population.]]>May 21st 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/
WTC releif workers are suffering from numerous pulmonary problems from the fine dust of pulverized concrete, asbestos, and other building materials. So it wouldn't be surprising that nano particles of anything, in sufficient quantities, would cause cancer or other pulmonary problems.

]]>May 21st 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/the skylights incorporate nanogel (I don't know if this uses nano tubes or not!)
http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=4030
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So as long as you do not inject fiberglass, nanotubes, sand, clay, polystyrene, dirt (all have tested 'positive') into your pleural cavity you are probably ok.

Asbestos is also a natural mineral fiber - no matter where you live you breath in millions of fibers a year. Lung cancer is not asbestosis; asbestos is an -osis disease like brucellosis or bysinnosis or silicosis where exposure to the causative agent leads to lung scarring that reduces lung capacity leading to death by heart failure. It is drastically exacerbated by smoking.

Nanoparticles exist already in the environment, from dust being weathered down and combustion products. Note that basically below a certain aerodynamic size they just go in and out of your lungs, like flotsam and jetsam on the tide.

I think too many people see "nano-" and envision either "The Diamond Age" come to life or Raquel Welch in "Fantastic Voyage". (in that a nanoparticle in your pocket or are you happy to see me?)]]>May 21st 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/carbon-nanotubes-causing-asbestos-like-effects-in-lab-mice/May 21st 2008 8:06PM