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Table 2 Results of the Epiderm™ skin model study

From: Initial in vitro screening approach to investigate the potential health and environmental hazards of Envirox™ – a nanoparticulate cerium oxide diesel fuel additive

Test Materials

Exposure time (mins.)

Mean OD540

% Viability

ET50 mins.

MIP

NEGATIVE CONTROL

960

1.685

100

  
 

1440

    

NANO-CeO2

960

2.010

119.29

1517.18

<0.01

 

1200

1.138

67.54

  
 

1440

1.089

64.63

  

NON-NANO CeO2

960

1.994

92.87

> 1440

0.03

 

1200

1.975

97.36

  
 

1440

1.729

85.23

  

POSITIVE CONTROL 1% TX100

240

1.035

61.42

260.10

<0.18

 

360

0.212

12.58

  
 

480

0.095

5.64

  

REFERENCE MATERIAL 20% SLS

15

0.983

58.34

20.68

1.00

 

30

0.710

42.14

  
 

60

0.273

16.20

  
 

120

0.100

5.93