"Robert A. Alexander" wrote:

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> Hey, have you been able to find out whether or not exposure to figerglas
> fibers can result in mesothelioma in human beings OR snail darters???

The small little fibers that people like me have inhaled while working
with 'glass', including sanding it, cause a condition known as
silicosis.  Its a scarring of the lungs wherever the minute sharp glass
fibers have lodged and couldn't be removed by the lungs.  The scarring
is a 'cordoning off' action by the lungs to this irritant and results in
diminshed oxygen utilization capacity.
-Dana-

>
> BOB - WA4RRN
> '85GL - "Bourgeois"
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