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Carbon nanotubes are about as toxic as asbestos. So unless you're making that bulb for somewhere that's absurdly hard to change, it's probably a bad idea.


Asbestos isn't toxic at all unless the fibers are airborne.

Unless you disturb the nano tubes in the device in such a way that they become airborne, they're safe. Probably they're less dangerous than the mercury in the CFL tubes.


Inevitably this stuff is going to end up in landfills, oceans, ... What if it's ingested?


Carbon nanotubes are flammable.


The amount of nanotubes in a light bulb filament is measured in milligrams. There is a bigger fire hazard from the lint accumulated in your bellybutton.


It just means they are quite easy to get rid of in practice, and likely to be disposed of "naturally" eventually, unlike other substances.




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