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Captain Cubensis
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Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis
#7488859 - 10/05/07 03:31 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Check out the MSDS data sheets on perlite if you think I am wrong.
http://www.perlite.co.nz/safety-pumice.htm
Here is a perlite Toxicology: Inhaling crystalline silica-containing dust can aggravate upper respiratory conditions such as asthma or emphysema. Long term exposure to mineral dust which contains crystalline silica can cause the lung disease silicosis.
A recent review by the International Agency for Research into Cancer of public literature on the carcinogenic risk of silica and silicates has concluded that there is limited evidence for the carcinogenicity of crystalline silica to humans'.
http://www.pennperlite.com/msds.html
Caution and Warning: Keep Out of Reach of Children. Do Not Take Internally. Dust created while pouring into paint may cause eye, nose, throat or upper respiratory irritation. Long term breathing of large amounts of mica or talc may cause lung disease. This product contains small amounts of naturally occurring Crystalline Silica that has been identified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a Carcinogen. Emergency Product Safety Information: 800-821-7352
This product may contain crystalline silica (less than 0. 1% - see section II). OSHA considers Perlite a nuisance dust and recommends a PEL of 5 mg/m3 TWA respirable dust. Inhalation over long periods of high amounts of any nuisance dust may overload lung clearance mechanism and make the lungs more vulnerable to respiratory disease.
http://www.norcalperlite.com/MSDS.htm
Inhaling over long periods of high amounts of any nuisance dust may overload lung clearance mechanism and make lungs more vulnerable to respiratory disease.
Medical conditions which may be aggravated: Pre-existing upper respiratory and lung disease such as, but not limited to bronchitis emphysema and asthma. Target Organs): Lungs Acute Health Effects: None known Primary Entry Route: Inhalation
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7488867 - 10/05/07 03:33 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah screw perlite. It's not worth working with to me. For anyone who may not know, MSDS is a chemical safety system used by the professionals who work in labs for companies & universities..it's not to be taken lightly!!
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7488874 - 10/05/07 03:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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wow you come into this forum and in one month you know everything.
shit im jelous. you have debunked tried and tested methods with your vast knowledge of mycology.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488883 - 10/05/07 03:36 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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In most areas walking outside would do more damage to your lungs than perlite.
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futurewolf42o
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488885 - 10/05/07 03:37 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i would like to add that when dealing with dry perlite it is always recommended to wear a mask. perlite is bad to inhale.
when wet it's 100% ok to deal with as long as your not stuffing it into your mouth.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7488891 - 10/05/07 03:38 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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um... thats not news.
Thats why teks say to pour water in the bag before opening to minimize dust. In fact I think the bags themselves recommend that.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488892 - 10/05/07 03:38 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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futurewolf42o said: when wet it's 100% ok to deal with as long as your not stuffing it into your mouth.
I'm glad you said that. This guy is the one person I would reiterate that to.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488894 - 10/05/07 03:39 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ehm, I've used perlite in things other than mycology..my statement is based on experience of perlite (as its own hazardous entity) alone. I don't use it for soil; I don't use it for anything...
And since I know that there are ways to avoid perlite in mycology, easily, working perlite is just not worth it (to me).
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488896 - 10/05/07 03:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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My only point here is, surely there are teks that provide humidity, without introducing into your home, a caustic substance.
As perlite dries on the top, FAE stirs it up, onto your fruits, into the room air, into your lungs.
EVERY TIME you FAN.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Mankey]
#7488897 - 10/05/07 03:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i am actually offended lol. he came out of nowhere with mass amounts of disinformation. its almost like he's doing it on purpose. search his other posts they are all similar.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: VisionsToReality]
#7488911 - 10/05/07 03:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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VisionsToReality said: Ehm, I've used perlite in things other than mycology..my statement is based on experience of perlite (as its own hazardous entity) alone. I don't use it for soil; I don't use it for anything...
And since I know that there are ways to avoid perlite in mycology, easily, working perlite is just not worth it (to me).
i use lavarock instead of perlite personally just because its messy and you can't reuse it. think green!
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488922 - 10/05/07 03:44 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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so, silicosis eh?
taken from wikipedia, which isnt exactly a source of accurate information...but w/e, it'll suffice.
"Inhaling finely divided crystalline silica dust in significant quantities can lead to silicosis or (much more rarely) cancer, as the dust becomes lodged in the lungs and continuously irritates them (silica does not dissolve over time). This effect can be an occupational hazard for people working with sandblasting equipment, products that contain powdered silica, and so on."
...if you develop silicosis from opening one or two bags and breathing the dust, chances are the world didnt need your bad genes in the gene pool anyway.
ill contest that the particles of perlite arent small enough to truly cause a horrible problem, at least not at the levels mushroom cultivators are breathing in it. MAYBE, just MAYBE if we worked in perlite factories for days on end, we might develop some problems.
lets just tone it down a bit capt. theres bigger health crusades to get involved in with mushroom cultivation than perlite.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: dysphoria]
#7488936 - 10/05/07 03:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think this is a good thread for some noobs to come across. Some people don't wanna add to their chances of getting cancer or destroy their lungs any more than the natural environment already does. Others don't care. Either way it's good to know that each time you deal with perlite it's inevitable that you'll breath in shards of silica(con?)
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: VisionsToReality]
#7488947 - 10/05/07 03:50 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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VisionsToReality said: I think this is a good thread for some noobs to come across. Some people don't wanna add to their chances of getting cancer or destroy their lungs any more than the natural environment already does. Others don't care. Either way it's good to know that each time you deal with perlite it's inevitable that you'll breath in shards of silica(con?)
if its dry..and you are not wearing a mask.
im sure its no worse then sitting in traffic. the title should be "reasons to be cautious when dealing with any silica product"
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: dysphoria]
#7488963 - 10/05/07 03:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just so you know Private Cubensis I'm in the medical field and I know for a fact that when the perlite is moist and there is no room for aerosols even when fanning you can't inhale the perlite dust particles.
In saying that. Everyone here already knows to wet the perlite before messing around with it. And if they don't they will find out soon enough before any potential damage is done to the lungs.
When the perlite is moist the percentage of aerosols is drastically reduced meaning that it would take multiple lifetimes to inhale enough of it to do long term damage.
Unless your link to your study says they were putting they're heads in bags full of perlite and inhaling til no tomorrow.
So could you not fill these rooms with rhetoric's.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7488976 - 10/05/07 03:55 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey Futurewolf...Have you read my post on Captain Cubes other long thread he started? If not, go read my reply and see what you think!
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Captain Cubensis
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: eleven34]
#7489022 - 10/05/07 04:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote: "Just so you know Private Cubensis I'm in the medical field and I know for a fact that when the perlite is moist and there is no room for aerosols even when fanning you can't inhale the perlite dust particles.
In saying that. Everyone here already knows to wet the perlite before messing around with it. And if they don't they will find out soon enough before any potential damage is done to the lungs.
When the perlite is moist the percentage of aerosols is drastically reduced meaning that it would take multiple lifetimes to inhale enough of it to do long term damage.
Unless your link to your study says they were putting they're heads in bags full of perlite and inhaling till no tomorrow.
So could you not fill these rooms with rhetoric's"
Seems like if you already have read the MSDS sheets then you would just ignore the thread, having nothing to add except what everybody already knows.
Did everybody know the term silicosis? Cause this is the only thread of consequence that comes up, search the posts man!
I don't think RogerRabbit has ever commented on silicosis in 12,500+ posts!
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7489034 - 10/05/07 04:09 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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it says right on the bag to use caution. im looking at an old bag of perlite i had in my closet right now..reading the warning.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7489070 - 10/05/07 04:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Guess I have to quit huffing perlite dust... *sigh* Seriously.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Seengs]
#7489074 - 10/05/07 04:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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HEY MAN LEMME GET SUM O DAT DUST DAWG.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7489079 - 10/05/07 04:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't need to read it. For one I read the bag.
2. I have a lung problem called apical pneumothorax, I'm an X-ray technician with a bachelor's in Health Care Administration.
So it kinda pisses me off to no end when I see a cherry like yourself trying to act like he knows all this new shit. I know almost all there is to know about the functions,effects of,affected by,conditions and or anything else you can think of trying to figure out the problems with my lungs.
So I will waste my time reading a thread and posting back to it to keep useless threads being posted.
You can quote me all day. I think there is more people here agreeing with me and not you.
Just drop it. KID!
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Well I'll put it this way.
I'm smart enough to wear an N95 mask around perlite. I wear one around vermiculite, diatomaceous earth and so on. I don't care what kind of fears anyone has about perlite, I'm still going to use it and reccomend others do so in my teks. I'll show that you should rinse perlite under a faucet before using it, as we all do now I'm sure, and nobody will come down with silicosis.
Perlite is not the only potentially dangerous substance we use. Hydrated lime, diatomaceous earth, vermiculite and other substances are also dangerous when inhaled.
We know this. Anyone who cares to find out easily can. It's kind of common sense to learn about the substances you're going to work with and to take the necessary safety precautions when doing so.
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Re: Blah, blah chill out man. [Re: monstermitch]
#7489106 - 10/05/07 04:25 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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on a similar topic..when i was much younger i drilled a hole in a vase to turn it into (a rather beautiful) smoking device.
so excited by my accomplishment i quickly tested it to see how well it hit..without cleaning all the glass dust out of it.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: eleven34]
#7489111 - 10/05/07 04:26 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Perhaps, but search the posts for silicosis, RogerRabbit has NEVER mentioned it, neither has Agar.
Wouldn't that constitute new, if the two most respected posters have never mentioned it, ever, in THOUSANDS of posts, not once?
Yet read any MSDS data sheet, and it will tell you that breathing perlite can cause a lung disease called silicosis.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7489129 - 10/05/07 04:30 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Captain Cubensis said: Perhaps, but search the posts for silicosis, RogerRabbit has NEVER mentioned it, neither has Agar.
Wouldn't that constitute new, if the two most respected posters have never mentioned it, ever, in THOUSANDS of posts, not once?
Yet read any MSDS data sheet, and it will tell you that breathing perlite can cause a lung disease called silicosis.
its not talked about alot because we all know. and those of us that don't know, can read the warning on the bag when we buy it. thus you are doing nothing but clogging the board with useless warnings. RR's lack of posting on this topic just reinforces the fact that its trivial.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7489149 - 10/05/07 04:36 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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A trivial lung disease?
How about "be careful not to breath in perlite dust, studies have linked it to a lung disease called silicosis, use precaution."
That would suffice, yet somehow everybody already knew it, without anyone ever posting on it before. Wow, that's cool man, hook me up with whatever you are smoking. Just kidding, I don't smoke.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7489167 - 10/05/07 04:39 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Captain Cubensis said: A trivial lung disease?
How about "be careful not to breath in perlite dust, studies have linked it to a lung disease called silicosis, use precaution."
That would suffice, yet somehow everybody already knew it, without anyone ever posting on it before. Wow, that's cool man, hook me up with whatever you are smoking. Just kidding, I don't smoke.
a simple modest warning would have been taken in stride in this forum.
btw. wtf is this you shitty fuck?
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7489173 - 10/05/07 04:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lets all cool down guys.
Some say its low risk, some say its high risk, but most agree that there is some level of risk when handling dry perlite.
Personally I tend to steer clear of risks if they can be avoided, but we all make our own risk assessment.
Lets discuss this further in peace.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7489174 - 10/05/07 04:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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and this??
god it took me 10 seconds to find that. you really know how to get under people's skin. thats about all you are useful for..and that counts for nothing here. go back to whatever shit hole you crawled out of and ask them to take you back.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Asante]
#7489207 - 10/05/07 04:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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my bad. like i said he got under my skin. ive lurked here for years and posted for a couple on top of that and every time we get one of "these" it takes all my willpower to not talk shit. i know this is forum isnt the place for this. sometimes i forget i cant convince people that they are wrong..only experience will show. anyways i took one of those chillpills and everything is good. im gonna go play with my toys for awhile and let this all die down.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7489377 - 10/05/07 05:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: futurewolf42o]
#7489421 - 10/05/07 06:11 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I said to search for silicosis, not "be careful with perlite", there is a difference.
I suggest you read all of my posts, and take note of the tone and content of my writing, then read your responses, I think you will be embarrassed by your insulting and childish attitude, when all we are trying to do is have a discussion on perlite.
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7489423 - 10/05/07 06:13 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Why don't we just drop this thread and all accept that:
Perlite can be very dangerous but if you wet it down and take precautions the hazard is greatly reduced. Yeah? Cool!! =)
No need to bicker any more than that I don't think. Let's get along, we're all in this for the same goal!!!! ! ! ! !!! !!!.....
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: nw_shroomy]
#7489428 - 10/05/07 06:13 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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My point is this, humidity option A can cause a lung disease called silicosis, humidity options B, C, D, E, F, G, etc...do not.
Not complicated.
When you walk your doggy, are you in the middle of the road, of safely on the sidewalk/path/trail.
When an automobile is racing toward you and your doggy do you get out of the way, or do you take your chances?
I was ostracized for mentioning silicosis, something RogerRabbit, nor Agar has ever addressed. Further, there is limited evidence that perlite dust may be linked to lung cancer.
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Edited by Captain Cubensis (10/05/07 06:22 PM)
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Re: Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis [Re: Captain Cubensis]
#7489817 - 10/05/07 08:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think you need to take a step back man.
Quote:
Perlite the MOST DANGEROUS humidity tek can cause/aggravate lung disease and cause silicosis
is your title to this thread. Yet now your saying:
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Further, there is limited evidence that perlite dust may be linked to lung cancer.
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Its one or the other man.
Yes MSDS states that it can be hazardous to your health, but so are many many other things in the world we live in. Unless your sticking your head into the bag and taking some puffs or simply just not using common sense when dealing with ANY dusty material the risk is rather minimal.
Don't breath in the dust, thats simple common sense. You don't try and breath in dust from a dry road, why would you breath in dust from a soil additive. If your so concerned where a dust mask, better yet a respirator.
On a final note your bashing one of the simplest and affordable teks to provide humidity . IMHO I think you need to read up some and search a bit more before posting teks/opinions that are misleading to those that are new to the community.
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