[TheForge] Compressor options

[Andrew Vida]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:35:38 -0600, R.C.Mundt <mundt@3rivers.net> wrote:

> I talked to a guy who worked for the state a few years ago he called 
> himself
> an industrial hygenist.  He told me your lungs have cells which grab all 
> the
> foreign junk and carry it out.   well the silica is so sharp it cuts 
> these
> cells and kills them so you can never get rid of it.
> Randy Mundt

	This is similar to asbestos.  The particles are like barbed
	elements that embed themselves into the lung tissue and cannot
	be removed by the body's natural mechanisms.  That's why
	asbestos accumulates in the lungs.  Then there's the irritant
	aspect that apparently contributes to afflictions such as
	emphysema, asbestosis, and mesothelioma, all very nasty
	diseases.