Contact: Emma Mason e.mason@qmul.ac.uk Queen Mary, University of London For decades before antibiotics became generally available, sunshine was used to treat tuberculosis, with patients often being sent to Swiss clinics to soak up the sun’s healing rays. Now, for the… Read More ›
British Lung Foundation
Nanofibres used to make sports equipment and nappies ‘can be just as dangerous as asbestos’
They can be similar in shape to asbestos fibres, which have been linked to lung cancers such as mesothelioma By Charles Walford PUBLISHED:10:30 EST, 24 August 2012| UPDATED:10:31 EST, 24 August 2012 Tiny fibres made by the nanotechnology industry could… Read More ›