Comments on: Another carbon nanotube desalination system launched http://aquafornia.com/archives/15884 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:26:03 -0800 hourly 1 By: dfb http://aquafornia.com/archives/15884/comment-page-1#comment-23515 dfb Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:11:52 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=15884#comment-23515 This comes in just as other research shows that some nanoparticles may be carcinogenic. :-) http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/nanoparticles-consumer-products-cause-cancer-study.php "[R]esearchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles could cause genetic damage. The study is the first to find that TiO2 nanoparticles caused single- and double-strand DNA breaks, in addition to chromosomal damage and inflammation in the mice tested - all factors that increase the risk of cancer. Though nanoparticles cannot go through skin (so that means sticking to lotion sunscreens for instance), once ingested they can accumulate in different organs since the body cannot eliminate them. Their size allows nanoparticles to go anywhere in the body, even through cells where they could wreak havoc on a sub-cellular level." This comes in just as other research shows that some nanoparticles may be carcinogenic. :-) http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/nanoparticles-consumer-products-cause-cancer-study.php
“[R]esearchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles could cause genetic damage.

The study is the first to find that TiO2 nanoparticles caused single- and double-strand DNA breaks, in addition to chromosomal damage and inflammation in the mice tested – all factors that increase the risk of cancer.

Though nanoparticles cannot go through skin (so that means sticking to lotion sunscreens for instance), once ingested they can accumulate in different organs since the body cannot eliminate them. Their size allows nanoparticles to go anywhere in the body, even through cells where they could wreak havoc on a sub-cellular level.”

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