"Greg O" wrote in message
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(fiberglass dust, carcinogenic

You claim that fiberglas dust is carcinogenic.

It has been proven, but only in the Republik of Kalifornia.
We get equipment all the time with warnings on it that state sonething
like
"This equipment contains fiberglass insulation which has been proven to
cause cancer in the state of California". Apparently the combination of
the
fiberglass and being in California must be a problem! ;-)
Greg

it's not just in california, it's everywhere

a little history on known health problems with fiberglass and the use of
experts to boost profits at the expense of people's health [nothing new],
from http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r444.html

"A CARCINOGEN THAT'S EVERYWHERE

An industrial process for making glass fibers was first patented
in Russia in 1840.[1, pg.292] At the Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893, Edward Libbey, an American, exhibited lamp
shades, a dress, and other articles woven from glass fibers. In
1915, the Allied Forces blockaded Germany, creating an asbestos
shortage which resulted in commercial production of fiber glass
in the U.S., as an asbestos substitute. (Asbestos is a
naturally-occurring fibrous material that can be woven into
cloth, does not burn readily, has excellent properties for
thermal insulation, and therefore came into commercial use during
this century.[2, pgs.390-392] Fiber glass has many of the same
characteristics as asbestos.)


In 1938, the Owens Corning Fiberglas Company was formed, and
three years later, in 1941, evidence of pulmonary [lung] disease
was reported by Walter J. Siebert, who investigated the health of
workers in cooperation with Owens Corning.[1, pg.292] That same
year another investigator reported finding "no hazard to the
lungs" of workers exposed to glass fibers in the air. Scientific
disagreement of this sort has characterized the study of fiber
glass ever since; meanwhile fiber glass production has increased
steadily."

some are turning to wool now as a health conscious residential insulator