Abstract
The carcinogenic potential of MWCNTs is not well defined. Currently, IARC has classified MWCNT-7 as a Group 2 B material, possibly carcinogenic to humans, and all other MWCNTs as Group 3 materials, inadequate evidence in experimental animals for their carcinogenicity and not classifiable as to their carcinogenicity to humans. In this review we discuss studies that investigated the lung toxicity of well characterized MWCNTs in mice and rats. Intraperitoneal and intrascrotal injection studies identified rigid MWCNTs as hazardous materials. The assessment of lung toxicity of MWCNTs in short and medium term instillation and inhalation studies were not conclusive; therefore, these studies do not confirm the hazard of MWCNTs. However, two-year carcinogenicity studies indicate that MWCNT-7 and other MWCNTs, both thick rigid MWCNTs and thin flexible MWCNTs, are carcinogenic in test animals. Therefore, the carcinogenicity of MWCNTs in experimental animals should be reassessed.
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