SIN List criticism based on misunderstandings

Affiliations

¹ Technical University of Denmark, Department of Environmental Engineering, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. sfha@env.dtu.dk.
² ChemSec - The International Chemical Secretariat, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Comment

Steffen Foss Hansen et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;15(6):418.

doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0692-7.

¹ Technical University of Denmark, Department of Environmental Engineering, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. sfha@env.dtu.dk.
² ChemSec - The International Chemical Secretariat, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Comment on

Carbon nanotubes added to the SIN List as a nanomaterial of Very High Concern.
Hansen SF, Lennquist A. Hansen SF, et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Jan;15(1):3-4. doi: 10.1038/s41565-019-0613-9. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020. PMID: 31925393 No abstract available.
Grouping all carbon nanotubes into a single substance category is scientifically unjustified.
Fadeel B, Kostarelos K. Fadeel B, et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Mar;15(3):164. doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0654-0. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020. PMID: 32123379 No abstract available.
Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation.
Heller DA, Jena PV, Pasquali M, Kostarelos K, Delogu LG, Meidl RE, Rotkin SV, Scheinberg DA, Schwartz RE, Terrones M, Wang Y, Bianco A, Boghossian AA, Cambré S, Cognet L, Corrie SR, Demokritou P, Giordani S, Hertel T, Ignatova T, Islam MF, Iverson NM, Jagota A, Janas D, Kono J, Kruss S, Landry MP, Li Y, Martel R, Maruyama S, Naumov AV, Prato M, Quinn SJ, Roxbury D, Strano MS, Tour JM, Weisman RB, Wenseleers W, Yudasaka M. Heller DA, et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Mar;15(3):164-166. doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0656-y. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020. PMID: 32157238 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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