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Inspired by: RTOs » Nanotube 'asbestos' warning

version: 1 / created: 2009-10-06
id: #163 / version id: #163
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Originally submitted by: Rafael Popper
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Source of inspiration

Research and technology organisations (incl. universities)

The source of the Weak Signal is

University research reported in BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7408705.stm

Signal's headline

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Nanotube 'asbestos' warning

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Recent studies show suggest nanotubes could trigger diseases similar to those caused by asbestos.

Keywords

nanotubes , nanotechnology, diseases, health, asbestos

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

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Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world