Carbon black exposure causes oxidative stress, inflammation and genotoxicity. The
objective of this systematic review was to assess the contributions of primary (ie direct …

Humans are exposed to plastic particles, but there are no studies on environmental plastics
in cell cultures or animals. The toxicological understanding arises from model particles like …

Nanomaterial (NM) characteristics may affect the pulmonary toxicity and inflammatory
response, including specific surface area, size, shape, crystal phase or other surface …

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) have a wide variety of applications in many
consumer products, including as food additives, increasing the concern about the possible …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were the first nanomaterials to be evaluated by the International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The categorization as possibly carcinogenic agent …

There is concern about human exposure to nanoplastics from intentional use or degradation
of plastics in the environment. This review assesses genotoxic effects of nanoplastics …

The Risk Assessment Committee of the European Chemicals Agency issued an opinion on
classifying titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a suspected human carcinogen upon inhalation …

Tattooing entails a high amount of tattoo colorants that is injected into skin. Tattoo colorants
usually contain various substances of which the colouring component is the major ingredient …

The comet assay is a simple technique for measurements of low levels of DNA damage and
repair in single cells. However, there is variation in background levels of DNA damage in …

Animal experiments are highly relevant models for the assessment of toxicological effects of
engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), due to lack of biomonitoring and epidemiological …