But yesterday's report is the latest of several that raise questions about the potential health and environmental effects of synthetic nanoscale materials. Other researchers, including Dr. Oberdörster's father, Günter Oberdörster, a professor of environmental medicine at the University of Rochester, have shown that such particles can enter the brain. The fish studies, however, were the first to indicate destruction of lipid cells, the most common form of brain tissue.

indicate destruction of lipid cells

Nanotubes are not in use at commercial scale.
Easton advertises "nanotechnology" which is some meaningless marketing term.

CF has been used in auto racing since 1982 - 24 years later, no catastrophies.

Simple fix found for toxicity of fullerene clusters in water
Much attention has been paid recently to the toxic effects of nanomaterials, especially a water-soluble form of the molecule known alternately as C60, buckminsterfullerene or, simply, buckyball. These hollow, soccer-ball shaped molecules can cluster together into nanoscale crystals—dubbed “nano-C60”—that become active in watery environments. Soluble nano-C60 clusters have been shown in the lab to be cytotoxic, that is, to kill cells in culture and have been linked by a CBEN collaborator to brain damage in large-mouth bass. Researchers Vicki Colvin, Jennifer West, and Joe Hughes at Rice University’s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology have discovered a simple way to turn the toxicity off, like sliding a dimmer switch on a lamp, by attaching small molecular fragments to the surface of the hollow cages in a process known as functionalization. Figure 6.1 shows the differential cytotoxicity of a series of nano-C60 clusters where the C60 molecules have been functionalized to varying degrees. Non-functionalized fullerenes, the form used in the fish study, are toxic to half of the cells in culture at a concentration of 20 parts per billion (ppb). This is more toxic than many other organic molecules including paraquat, which is used as a pesticide. However, by attaching an increasing number of small molecular fragments to the surface of the cages, the cytotoxicity can be made to decrease steadily until, for a fully functionalized fullerene, it was not possible to add enough nano-C60 to kill half the cells. This important study demonstrates that the risks of nanomaterials are highly dependent on the specific form of the material, and that simple strategies can be found to minimize these risks.

or the current republican emission policies.

Check out asthma and lung disease rates since GW dropped most industrial emission standards, especially in Texas.