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Re:YInMn Blue by nabla9 on Friday June 21, 2019 @05:07PM (#20246305)
You test it with animals.

It's inorganic, has simple structure and contains only non-toxic compounds, so there is no reason to be worried.

If you want to worry, direct your attention towards Vantablack and other carbon nanotubes. It has specific target organ toxicity from single exposure and while it does not appear to be carcinogenic it needs more testing.

Re:YInMn Blue by fmblwntr on Friday June 21, 2019 @06:35PM (#20246824)
yttrium and indium are both suspected to be toxic, manganese can certainly be toxic. no idea about the relative doses, I suspect that the chemists certainly thought about this etc, so I'm not trying to say YInMn is toxic, but "inorganic, has simple structure" doesn't mean anything, as it also describes Cobalt Blue, which is definitely toxic.
Re:YInMn Blue by weinzierl on Saturday June 22, 2019 @04:48AM (#20248664)
> It's inorganic, has simple structure and contains only non-toxic compounds, so there is no reason to be worried.

So is asbestos...

Re:YInMn Blue by nabla9 on Sunday June 23, 2019 @08:19AM (#20254996)
I knew that someone would reply with asbestos when I wrote that. "simple structure" is there to exclude asbestos.

Asbestos is dangerous because it's a tiny spike that sticks into cell. Just like nanotube of similar length.