"Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center."
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"unlike most particles, nanoparticles are so little they can pass through otherwise impermeable membranes. There is concern that when you breathe in nanoparticles, they can go straight through your nasal passages into your brain; when you swallow them, they can cross the supposedly impermeable barrier between your digestive system and the rest of your body, entering your bloodsteam before being digested." Delete the scoop?
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