Re: OT: Chemicals, Particulates and Lung Health

From: ernie henson <erni@midwest.net>

At 02:22 PM 9/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>
>
>Henry writes:
>>Extreme precautions must be taken when working with any fine particulate
>>matter, including diatomaceous earth, which is the pulverized hard matter of
>>minute sea creatures.
>
>Another reminder to us all to read and heed those labels!
>
>The other day, I noticed lung-health warnings in a place I would not have
>expected them -- on a sack of coarse builder's sand. Apparently it also
>contains silica particles that can ruin lungs. So keep that in mind for
>goodness sake and don't allow yourself to inhale the dust that rises when
>you tip over a sack of sand.
>
>celia
>s*@aristotle.net
>Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
>-----------------------------------
>257 feet above sea level,
>average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
>average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
>moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
>
>Thanks, Celia, for that word of warning.  We are going to be using that as
a mulch this year....the method previously discussed on this list.  But who
would even think to use caution on opening a bag of sand.  That's very good
to know    Thanks again             Ann Henson>
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