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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 378–379 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.182

Nanotoxicology: The asbestos analogy revisited

Agnes B. Kane & Robert H. Hurt

The possibility that carbon nanotubes would show asbestos-like behaviour in the human body was raised ten years ago with a call for appropriate research. Exposure to asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma — cancer of the lining of the lungs (pleura) and abdominal cavity (peritoneum).