Carbon nanotubes could behave like asbestos

Not Exactly Rocket Science
By Ed Yong
May 20, 2008 10:00 PMNov 5, 2019 2:14 AM

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In the late 19^th century, asbestos became a building material of choice. Resistant to heat, electricity and corrosion, it found many uses including home insulation, brake pads and ship-building. By the time that the first health problems were reported, the material was commonplace. In the UK, the material was only restricted in 1983 after thousands of people were exposed during the post-war era. The result is a latent epidemic of related diseases including a rare type of cancer called mesothelioma, which is becoming more common and is only expected to peak in incidence over the next decade or so.

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