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The Invisible Killer Lurking in our Consumer Products

2021-02-14

The Invisible Killer Lurking in our Consumer Products

Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials – unbeknownst to us. The use of nanomaterials remains challenging to regulate because of their small size. This is a cause of concern since nanomaterials are tricky to measure, they enter our food chain and, most alarmingly, they can penetrate cells and accumulate in our organs.