Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from lungs to liver

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 14:50 in Physics & Chemistry

Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide -- common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines -- can travel from the lungs to the liver and that this process is associated with liver damage.

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