Editing Buckminsterfullerene (section)

=== Ingestion and risks ===
C<sub>60</sub> is sensitive to light,<ref name=":2" /> so leaving C<sub>60</sub> under light exposure causes it to degrade, becoming dangerous. The ingestion of C<sub>60</sub> solutions that have been exposed to light could lead to developing cancer (tumors).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Grohn, Kristopher J.|title=Comp grad leads research|url=http://weyburnreview.com/news/local-news/comp-grad-leads-research-1.2261882|url-status=live|website=WeyburnReview |access-date=2021-04-17|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417041410/https://www.weyburnreview.com/news/local-news/comp-grad-leads-research-1.2261882}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> So the management of C<sub>60</sub> products for human ingestion requires cautionary measures<ref name=":1" /> such as: elaboration in very dark environments, encasing into bottles of great opacity, and storing in dark places, and others like consumption under low light conditions and using labels to warn about the problems with light.

Solutions of C<sub>60</sub> dissolved in olive oil or water, as long as they are preserved from light, have been found nontoxic to rodents.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Baati|first1=Tarek|last2=Moussa|first2=Fathi|date=June 2012|title=The prolongation of the lifespan of rats by repeated oral administration of [60]fullerene|journal=Biomaterials|volume=33|issue=19|pages=4936–4946|doi=10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.03.036|pmid=22498298}}<!--|access-date=June 2012--></ref>

Otherwise, a study found that C<sub>60</sub> remains in the body for a longer time than usual, especially in the liver, where it tends to be accumulated, and therefore has the potential to induce detrimental health effects.<ref>{{cite journal | pmc=7005847 | year=2019 | last1=Shipkowski | first1=K. A. | last2=Sanders | first2=J. M. | last3=McDonald | first3=J. D. | last4=Walker | first4=N. J. | last5=Waidyanatha | first5=S. | title=Disposition of fullerene C60 in rats following intratracheal or intravenous administration | journal=Xenobiotica; the Fate of Foreign Compounds in Biological Systems | volume=49 | issue=9 | pages=1078–1085 | doi=10.1080/00498254.2018.1528646 | pmid=30257131}}</ref>