Safety Evaluation of Engineered Nanomaterials for Health Risk Assessment: An Experimental Tiered Testing Approach Using Pristine and Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
Figure 1
Histograms showing cell viability measured by MTT assay in A549 cells after 24 h and 48 h exposure to pristine multiwalled CNTs: MWCNT; laboratory-made functionalized nanotubes: MW-COOH (carboxyl functionalized) and MW-NH2 (amino-functionalized); carbon black: CB; silica: SiO2. Data represent the mean SD over the mean experimental values of each of the three independent experiments. compared to control (100% cell viability).