Template:Did you know nominations/Titanium dioxide nanoparticle
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:50, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticle[edit]
Transmission electron micrograph of titanium dioxide nanoparticles
- ... that titanium dioxide nanoparticles prevent cancer when used in sunscreens, but may cause it if inhaled by production workers? Source: "Unlike other consumer products with nanomaterials, sunscreens play an important role in cancer prevention." [1]; "NIOSH determined that inhaled ultrafine TiO2 is a potential occupational carcinogen and is recommending exposure limits to minimize the cancer risk." p. 73
- Reviewed: 2017 Montana wildfires
- Comment: Please save this for National Nanotechnology Day, October 9
Moved to mainspace by John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk). Self-nominated at 03:58, 16 September 2017 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited adequately, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:14, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
- Suggestion: could you rewrite the opening sentence, which currently states "Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are nanoparticles of titanium dioxide", perhaps something like "Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are superfine particles of titanium dioxide not exceeding ... in diameter". What does "a recommended exposure limit of 0.3 mg/m3" mean? Is it referring to a volume of air, human flesh or what? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:14, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
- Good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:36, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
