BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack

Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by conception on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:42PM (#20842979)

And I think cancerous if inhaled.

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by adrr on Friday August 30, 2019 @06:44PM (#20843404)

Everything is cancerous if inhaled. Even inert substances like talcum powder, dust from cutting stone or wood etc.

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by shawnz on Friday August 30, 2019 @10:05PM (#20844206)

Carbon nanotubes are capable of causing asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma, which is very rarely caused by anything except asbestos exposure.

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by nightfly on Saturday August 31, 2019 @12:11AM (#20844570)

Talc is probably one of the more dangerous substances to inhale. Not only is it often contaminated with Asbestos, it might have some asbestos like properties of its own.

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by lostlogin on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:23AM (#20845680)

It’s not just inhaling - perineal exposure seems to be bad too and had been associated with increased endometrial cancer risk in some groups. Perineal BMW exposure seems less likely.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866017/

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by littlestymaar on Saturday August 31, 2019 @03:44AM (#20845108)

Only hard wood (like oak) IIRC, but yeah lungs are pretty fragile.

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by hammock on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:16PM (#20843882)

Everything solid

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by mr_toad on Friday August 30, 2019 @09:11PM (#20844045)

Not just solid, Oxygen is carcinogenic.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6646012

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by yellow_postit on Friday August 30, 2019 @10:12PM (#20844231)

Less so, this is VBx2 not vantablack. They made a supposedly less cancerous version for this type of application.

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by jakeasmith on Saturday August 31, 2019 @03:51AM (#20845127)

Yes, I’d like the less cancerous car today, please. Thank you!

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Re:BMW unveils car sprayed with Vantablack by MegaButts on Friday August 30, 2019 @06:40PM (#20843374)

Isn't this true of regular paint? So long as the paint is dry I'd hope (but I guess I don't know) it would be fine.

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