UCL (UK), CNRS (France) and Wiley (Germany) all independently publish Press Releases following publication of our article, titled: “Asbestos-like pathogenicity of long carbon nanotubes alleviated by chemical functionalization”. The article appeared in Angewandte Chemie based on work from Hanene, Antonio and Tian. News about the report have been featured in more than 100 blogs and websites within the first 5 days from their release.