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Carboxylated short single-walled carbon nanotubes but not plain and multi-walled short carbon nanotubes show in vitro genotoxicity.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology - 1 Mar 2015
Mrakovcic Maria, Meindl Claudia, Leitinger Gerd, Roblegg Eva, Fröhlich Eleonore
Abstract excerpt
Long carbon nanotubes (CNTs) resemble asbestos fibers due to their high length to diameter ratio and they thus have genotoxic effects. Another parameter that might explain their genotoxic effects is contamination with heavy metal ions. On the other hand, short (1-2 µm) CNTs do not resemble asbest...
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