Are Baytubes® safe for human health and the environment?
Safety for consumers Baytubes® are not sold to consumers. They are intermediates chemical substances that are typically used as additives in polymer systems where they achieve an improvement in the properties of the end-product. There is no direct contact of nanoparticles with consumers because Baytubes® are embedded in the polymer matrix to form the nanocomposite in the final products. Safety for the environment At Bayer MaterialScience we regard it as our responsibility to current and future generations to continually improve our environmental performance (BMS values) Activites towards ensuring safety for the environment with Baytubes® include the minimization of the potential exposure on the one side, and the testing activities to clarify the ecotoxicological profile of the substance on the other side. Concretely, a release of Baytubes® from the production into the air is prevented by using high efficiency filters as well as burners to ensure that the carbon material is entirely deg
