Bart wrote:
I'm reading more and more articles about carbon
nanotubes. The most recent being an article
about their use in reinforcing the binding resin
in carbon fiber.


Interesting idea; what's the benefit of nanotubes over short strands
of plain ol' carbon fiber?


Not one article has discussed health issues.
I know first hand that the human body can
get rid of fiberglass fibers. Scratch enough
and your skin will blister and shed the material.


Yeah, but that doesn't mean your skin grows back at 100% of original
condition afterwards.


So what happens when the fiber are nano-scale
and can penetrate individual cells? How does
the human body get rid of them?

What are the long term effects?

Don't know about nano-scale effects, but I can tell you that carbon
fiber makes wicked splinters.

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