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Originally Posted by audiovisceral  That link is an official "Public Health Statement" from the US Government Center for Disease Control (CDC).
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And as I said, all sources say the same thing. The other links/quotes were just from a quick google, but they all seem to agree.
If any medical studies found anything to the contrary, I expect it would be front page news. It's been thoroughly studied. There appears to be no controversy. Just misplaced stress and anxiety, left over from the horrible health disaster of asbestos. |
You knowI really didn't want that to sound condescending but it did anyway
sorry. I'm still flabberghasted that glass can disolve in the lungs though. But what do you know, I found two studies talking about this on pubmed:
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1: Related Articles,
Links Guldberg M, Jensen SL, Knudsen T, Steenberg T, Kamstrup O. 
High-alumina low-silica HT stone wool fibers: a chemical compositional range with high biosolubility.
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2002 Apr;35(2 Pt 1):217-26.
PMID: 12052006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2: Related Articles,
Links Hesterberg TW, Hart GA, Miiller WC, Chase G, Rogers RA, Mangum JB, Everitt JI. Use of short-term assays to evaluate the potential toxicity of two new biosoluble glasswool fibers.
Inhal Toxicol. 2002 Mar
I'm still doubtfull on the extent of clearance though, but hell any at all is amazing in my opinion. What an amazing thing the human body is!
