nanotechnology (Page 2)

BIG danger – Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins to toothpaste, cause systemic genetic damage in mice. The problem is, they’re almost impossible to avoid.

While not toxic on their own, once in the body, the TiO2 nanoparticles accumulate in different organs because the body has no way to eliminate them. And because they are so small, they can go everywhere in the body, even through cells, and may interfere with sub-cellular mechanisms.
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