Nanorisk:Safety and Risks of Carbon Nanotubes

Research unit

FOEN

Project number

2005.H.02

Project title

Nanorisk:Safety and Risks of Carbon Nanotubes

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Key words (German)	Nanomaterialien, Carbon Nanotubes
Project aims (English)	Aims: to present the status quo of existing knowledge and uncertainties regarding safety and risks of carbon nanotubes (CNT); to performe research to obtain toxicological in vitro data for hazard identification, to identify the CNT toxicomechanism, to perform a forsight ofwhich potential problems that can arise in order to be able to take precautionary measures right during the R&D process.