May 20, 2008

do carbon nanotubes behave like asbestos? New research published in Nature Nanotechnology

Speakers:
Prof Ken Donaldson, Professor of Respiratory Toxicology, University of Edinburgh
Prof Anthony Seaton, Senior Consultant, Institute of Occupational Medicine Edinburgh
Dr Andrew Maynard, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washington DC USA

The authors of new research published in Nature Nanotechnology came to the SMC to brief the media on their findings. Their pilot study investigated the effects of introducing carbon nanotubes into the abdominal cavity of mice.