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am_Unition · 3529 days ago · link · · parent · post: Technicians Solve Years-Old Mystery Illness Aboard C-130s
The field of Nanotoxicology is something we're still hammering out. Like with asbestos, the particles in question, somehow apparently manufactured by Lockheed, are made airborne and then inhaled. The chemical pathway after absorption is much quicker to produce symptoms in this instance, but the uptake mechanism is basically the same (as asbestos). So is prevention: stop using whatever materials are producing airborne nanoparticles. P.S. nanoparticles confined within a fluid you're only exposing your already-oiled hands to is usually cool. We've been working with grease for a long time, obviously.