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Biophysical factors influencing the absorption and distribution of benzopyrene and their bearing on the mechanism of carcinogenesis. That makes the buckyballs "moderately toxic," says Oberdorster, slightly more toxic than nickel yet less toxic than chemicals such as benzopyrene, which is found in cigarette smoke and car exhaust. But we know that they allow the cell to respond to signals and reproduce genes and that they pick up other diesel toxins, like benzopyrene from diesel fuel or tobacco smoke. |
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