Jinx,

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:56:18 +1200, Jinx wrote:

> > lungs absorb it just fine. Of course, if that's happening, I'm also
> > breathing in silica dust, and will die from that too, but aparently the
> > neurotoxin effect happens in about a third of the time. So if I'm not
> > carefull, I can end up having seizures due to nerve damage for a few
> > years, then finally die of lung failure, wonderfull!
> 
> Can I have your stuff ?

You're all heart!  :-)

I believe the silica problem is called "silicosis", isn't it?  Miners suffered from it if they were digging 
through silica-containing rock.  Largely irrelevant in Britain now, since there is almost no coalmining 
happening these days.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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