Wild-type C. elegans hermaphrodite stained to highlight the nuclei of all cells Image source: PLoS Biol 3(1): e30

This posting is intended as an imperative "Heads-up!" to the decision-making and influence-forming numbnuts still living in the land of denial. Apologies in advance to the prim, the proper, the politically correct, and the thin-skinned. This windsock warning is not for you. -LLP

Adverse Effects of Engineered NanoMaterials Chap 13 – Reproductive Toxicity

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123869401000131

Acute and reproductive toxicity of nano-sized metal oxides (ZnO and TiO₂) to earthworms (Eisenia fetida)

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/em/c1em10497g

Repeated administrations of carbon nanotubes in male mice cause reversible testis damage without affecting fertility

http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v5/n9/full/nnano.2010.153.html

Intracellular uptake and associated toxicity of silver nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166445X1000264X

Mechanisms of toxicity of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on the reproductive health of male zebrafish

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166445X10002080

Reproductive toxicity evaluation of vanadium in male mice

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8328000