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Carbon nanotubes added to the SIN List as a nanomaterial of Very High Concern

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Hansen, S.F., Lennquist, A. Carbon nanotubes added to the SIN List as a nanomaterial of Very High Concern. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 3–4 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0613-9

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