Credit Kristian Molhave / Opensource Handbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
An environmental scanning microscopy shows an electron beam deposited nanowire between two microelectrodes (left) and a multiwall carbon nanotube sample.
When fresh water animals, such as worms and mussels, were exposed to water loaded with carbon nanotubes, their health suffered, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In fact, the bottom-dwelling critters didn’t grow as quickly and they didn’t survive as long as their counterparts living in cleaner water.