alt Hacker NewsI'm waiting for it to show up in Derek Lowe's delightful blog, "Things I will not work with."
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zahlman • today at 4:38 AM
I don't see why it would. Did C60? Are fullerenes known for unusual reactivity? I'd expect the opposite, if anything.
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Hehe... Any new chemical compound will not be considered hazardous / toxic etc, until a significant amount has been released into the environment. So
1. Figure out how to mass-produce the stuff 2. Come up with some totally unnecessary household & industrial applications, that involve the chemical's release into the environment 3. Find out it's hazardous. Or toxic. Or both. And -bonus points!- doesn't break down.
In that order.