21.10.2015 - 04:49 [ redOrbit ]

French children’s lungs contain carbon nanotubes found in car exhaust

A new study from Rice University has found the widespread presence of artificial carbon nanotubes in the airways of children with asthma living in Paris.
Published in the journal EBioMedicine, the results of the new study are consistent with the findings of other research conducted in US cities, on spider webs in India, and on ice cores from polar regions.