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To: neolib who wrote (428963)	2/4/2020 11:18:56 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542095

Yeah that makes sense - I get that. Cancer can be thought of as a major malfunction at the cellular level. One theory of the carcinogenic nature of asbestos is simple a repeated and pervasive source of microcellular injury - the tiny shards of mineral fiber just act as a permanent irritant and mechanical obstacle to cellular machinery. If you were to, at the macro scale, run a glass or mineral rod through your hand, it wouldn't be the rod that kills you but the series of consequences and opportunities it produces. The cancers asbestos produces are this on a small scale - with that said, it probably isn't as powerful carcinogen as we once thought - the mechanical aspects alone make it like inhaling a miniature bear trap.