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Hidden Danger in Your NEW Home or Building!
When the dried mud is sanded, respirable dust is released into the air. This means the particles are a size that can be drawn into the lungs though the normal breathing process.
When Crystalline Silica is inhaled, the particles can work in to the lung’s Alveoli Sacs. These small chambers are where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
If the particles lodge in the tissue, the lung reacts by developing
fibrotic nodules around them. The condition is called, “Silicosis.”
Bottom Line!
This residue should be removed from the air ducts in any building. The dust invades both the supply and return systems during construction. Each time the blower fan comes on, the particles of Crystalline Silica blow back into the air and into your family’s lungs.
Compared to the cost of construction, and the potential danger to the occupants, the expense of a complete air duct cleaning is trivial.
For more information about Crystalline Silica and its effects, please read the following articles:
- From the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH):
Dusts From Drywall-Joint-Compound Mud May be a Serious Lung Hazard
Taken from Impact Volume XVI, No. 1 May 1998 - From the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA):
Health Effects of Exposure: Three Types of the Disease (Silicosis) - From Performance Highlights of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: 1995-1999
Four of Twenty Items Address Problems of Drywall Dust or Silicosis!
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