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Is there any peer reviewed study supporting this claim?
by zhaphod 13y ago
Is there any peer reviewed study supporting this claim?
- adventured 12y agoNot agreeing with it, but I assume the op is referring to the claims about graphene fibers acting in a similar fashion to asbestos. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/February/graphene-inhaled-lungs.asp http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/February/graphen... But there's widespread disagreement: http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/when-you-keep-nanotubes-short-theyre-not-like-asbestos http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechno...
- zhaphod 12y agoThanks for posting these links. They do help framing the debate on carcinogenic effects of Graphene better than hearsay.
- digikata 12y agoThis article http://io9.com/graphene-miracle-material-could-be-toxic-to-humans-786847545 http://io9.com/graphene-miracle-material-could-be-toxic-to-h... Refers here: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/07/09/1222276110 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/07/09/1222276110 Which isn't conclusive of anything, but it does point at need for continued study of health effects of graphene. The sharpness of graphene vs cell walls evokes a similarity to asbestos fibers [my laymans impression, not the papers]. I guessing that health research in the topic is going to significantly lag the creation rate of different forms of graphene.