Tests on lab mice have showed that Carbon nanotubes can be as dangerous as asbestos fibres, potentially causing cancer in he lining of the lungs.

Carbon nanotubes are structures just a few billionths of a metre across, with applications in high tech materials, electronics and medicine.

“I welcome this valuable research that represents a part of the growing scientific literature into exploring the potential toxicology of nanoparticles of various shapes, sizes and compositions,” added Welland, a professor of nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

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