ReviewNPJ microgravity2022
Overview of lunar dust toxicity risk.
Review in NPJ microgravity, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- [Mechanisms and protective strategies for astronaut skin injury in deep space environments].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Pooled it
- A biological and ethical assessment of whether humans could or should reproduce in space.NPJ microgravity · 2025Review
- Pharmaceutical and biomedical challenges for crew autonomy in health preservation during future exploration missions.Communications medicine · 2025Review
- [Effects of lunar soil simulant and Earth soil on lung injury in mice].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Article
- [Toxicity of lunar dust simulant exposure via the digestive system: Microbiota dysbiosis and multi-organ injury].Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Article
- Risk of Permanent Corneal Injury in Microgravity: Spaceflight-Associated Hazards, Challenges to Vision Restoration, and Role of Biotechnology in Long-Term Planetary Missions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Potential Health Impacts, Treatments, and Countermeasures of Martian Dust on Future Human Space Exploration.GeoHealth · 2025Review
- Lunar dust dermatologic considerations for NASA's artemis program and the gateway space station: a narrative review.Archives of dermatological research · 2024Review
- The cornea during spaceflight: a frontier in space medicine ophthalmology.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- Assessment of toxicity changes induced by exposure of human cells to lunar dust simulant.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Artificial Space Weathering to Mimic Solar Wind Enhances the Toxicity of Lunar Dust Simulants in Human Lung Cells.GeoHealth · 2024Article
- Pulmonary nitric oxide in astronauts before and during long-term spaceflight.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- A review of pulmonary neutrophilia and insights into the key role of neutrophils in particle-induced pathogenesis in the lung from animal studies of lunar dusts and other poorly soluble dust particles.Critical reviews in toxicology · 2023Review
- A Dusty Road for Astronauts.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Dry eye disease in astronauts: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Lunar dust (LD), the component of lunar regolith with particle sizes less than 20 μm, covers the surface of the Moon. Due to its fineness, jagged edges, and electrostatic charge, LD adheres to and coats almost any surface it contacts. As a result, LD poses known risks to the proper functioning of electronic and mechanical equipment on the lunar surface. However, its mechanical irritancy and chemical reactivity may also pose serious health risks to humans by a number of mechanisms. While Apollo astronauts reported mild short-lived respiratory symptoms, the spectrum of health effects associated with high-dose acute exposure or chronic low-dose exposure are not yet well-understood. This paper explores known and potential human risks of exposure to LD which are thought to be important in planning upcoming lunar missions and planetary surface work.
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