Re: Peat and sphagnum

> Just a note that it is best to wear a dust mask when handling these
> materials, asa there is a serious lung infection that can be contracted.
> Can't remember much about it but i believe its a fungus.
> Brian
> ps. wet the stuff to keep the dust down as well.

It's a Bad Idea to inhale any fine particulates as these tend to get
stuck in the lungs for life.  In small quantities, of course, this isn't
a problem, but in larger quantities... it's like a splinter, the
particles are foreign bodies, and the lung tissue can envelop and swell
around the particle.  This goes for talcum powder, zinc powder, coal
dust, asbestos, etc. -- with the caveat that some substances can cause
mutation (cancer) beyond the "mere" physical damage they exert.
-- 
Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com)  Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu) Graduate Student in Software Engineering
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