Buckyballs cause brain damage in fish [New Scientist]
We’re just at the begining of understanding not only the potential of nanotech, but also its possilbe impacts.
But as fullerenes move into large-scale production, accidents are bound to occur. ‘It’s not if it’s going to happen, it’s where and when,’ says Oberdˆrster. And applications such as environmental remediation could lead to the deliberate introduction of fullerenes into the environment.
