From UCLA
They've become ubiquitous in a range of products, from paints to vitamins and in cosmetics and sunscreens. But there are new warnings on the use of superfine titanium dioxide, so minuscule it's in the nanoparticle range: In mice, these TiO2 nanoparticles of which 2 million tons annually are manufactured and used in industry, caused systemic genetic damage. These nanoparticles, which have become most common in sunscreens because they make the product less visible and more absorbent, do not flush from the body and were found to accumulate in mouse organs where they caused stress-inducing molecular reactions in cells, breaking DNA and damaging chromosomes. They also heightened inflammation, a cancer-causing factor.
Ubiquitous titanium dioxide nanoparticles causes systemic genetic damage in mice
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