how can silica harm us?

Answer 1

It depends on what form it is in. We all come in contact with it everyday.
Here is a long detailed paper about silica. It is in pdf format.
http://www.thehartford.com/corporate/losscontrol/SBA/TIPS/580-480.pdf

Answer 2

By getting deep down into the alveoli sacs in your lungs and plugging them with the mucus secreted to surround the silica particles for protection. When this happens the exchange of gasses from your bloodstream and lungs ceases and you slowly suffocate to death.

Answer 3

Silicosis (also known as Grinder's disease) is a form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in forms of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.

The full name for this disease is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, and at 45 letters it is the longest word in the English language. (The name has been described as a "trophy word" -- its only job is to serve as the longest word [1] .)

Silicosis (especially the acute form) is characterized by shortness of breath, fever, and cyanosis (bluish skin). It may often be misdiagnosed as pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), pneumonia, or tuberculosis.

This respiratory disease was first recognized in 1705 by Ramazzini who noticed sand-like substances in the lungs of stonecutters. The name silicosis (from the latin silex or flint) was attributed to Visconti in 1870.

Answer 4

Inhaling silica can lead to cancer.

Answer 5

By being put into the body for vain reasons

Answer 6

if you put it in warm water, it foams. so if you eat it, it will foam inside of you i bet.
its used to keep potential moisture, away. so, its job is to maitain drying, and avoid musk.

Answer 7

Inhaling it is bad for you.

Answer 8

It can give you lung cancer.

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