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Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

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Table 3–1. Findings from an uncharacterized carbon nanotube short-term intratracheal instillation(IT) <strong>to</strong>xicology studyStudy design <strong>and</strong> exposure/doseAuthor/year Species <strong>Exposure</strong> routeObserved pulmonary effects<strong>Exposure</strong>or dose Granuloma Inflammation FibrosisHuczko et al.[2001]G. pigs IT of sootcontaining CNT(uncharacterized)25 mg(eval: 28 dayspost exposure)NR – NRNR: Not Reported+ = effect observed– = no effect observedTable 3–2. Findings from published SWCNT short-term intratracheal instillation(IT) <strong>to</strong>xicology studiesStudy design <strong>and</strong> exposure/doseAuthor/year Species <strong>Exposure</strong> routeObserved pulmonary effects<strong>Exposure</strong>or dose Granuloma Inflammation FibrosisWarheit et al.[2004]Rats IT 1, 5 mg(eval: 24-hr,1-wk, 1 <strong>and</strong> 3 mo.post exposure)+ non-dosedependenttransient –Lam et al.[2004]Inoue et al.[2008]NR: Not Reported+ = effect observed– = no effect observedMice IT 0.1, 0.5 mg(eval: 7 or90 days postexposure]Mice IT 4 mg(eval: 24-hr postexposure)+ + NRNR + NR22 NIOSH CIB 65 • <strong>Carbon</strong> <strong>Nanotubes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nanofibers</strong>

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