Buckyballs Kill Fish

Posted by Hemos on Sunday March 28, 2004 @10:08PM from the dealing-with-the-dangers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post (free registration, not too invasive) has a disturbing article on a new study of the environmental dangers of nanotech. Buckyballs caused "severe" brain damage in largemouth bass when added to their aquariums in concentrations of 0.5 ppm, a concentration level on par with common US pollutants. They also caused die-offs of Daphnia, waterfleas that are a crucial part of the ocean food chain. "The new findings are somewhat surprising because many scientists had predicted that buckyballs would not linger in water but would quickly form clumps and sink." The findings have yet to be peer-reviewed."

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So *that's* it! by tbone1 · 2004-03-28 23:33 · Score: 0, Redundant

No wonder those Chinese carp keep leaping at fishermen! They're trying to get revenge for buckyballs!

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Sorry for being dumb but wtf is a buckyball? by Oryn · 2004-03-29 04:19 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'm totaly cluesless here, it sounds like its some kids toy?