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To: Brumar89 who wrote (896252)10/24/2015 8:58:24 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574056
 
You're contradicting the geologist quoted in the article: He said that industrial workers who breathe fine silica dust could develop the lung condition silicosis, but those particles were over 50 times smaller than sand grains.

He's right. That's why we call it silicosis, not sandicosis.