Nanotubes are to Asbestos as Litigation is to Litigation

Here's a scientific study with legal implication for business: "Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study." Published last week in the journal, "Nature Nanotechnology," the report prompted a rash of news coverage, which from what we've seemed, carried a reasonable sense of balance, caution and caveats. The basic finding was that long carbon nanotubes -- in contrast to the short or curly ones -- created conditions in mice ab