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What are the disadvantages of long-term exposure to fiberglass?

If people inhale air with glass fiber for a long time, what will happen to people? What kind of symptoms will people appear?

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Glass fiber is also the main component of silica, will make the lungs "calcification", a long time, your lungs will be a problem!From now on, we should pay attention to dust prevention, wearing masks ~!If possible, go to the hospital to wash regularly.
For a long time there will be pneumoconiosis, China due to labor protection is not comprehensive, and many miners are pneumoconiosis deaths, death is particularly miserable, the lungs can not breathe, alive suffocated!!! X light shows that the lungs are shadows and nothing is visible!
Long term exposure to glass fiber hazardsWill cause people to feel, skin itching and other symptoms, glass fiber workers have contact dermatitis, but some workers can gradually tolerance, known as "hardening" phenomenon. The extent of skin damage depends on fiber diameter and surface roughness. It is now accepted that fiber diameter exceeds 5 mu m, which has a significant stimulating effect. A small number of people exposed to glass fiber and rock wool have skin allergies, but so far they have not been proved to be allergens. Eye and mucous membrane endanger: the worker that contacts glass fiber and so on can suffer conjunctivitis and keratitis, serious person can see the cornea is cloudy and local abscess. From the patient's eyes, a fiber less than 3 m in diameter can be developed. Pathological examination of the eyeball showed that the proliferation of corneal epithelial cells and the increase of mucin content in the conjunctiva showed mechanical stimulation. Similar pathological changes were confirmed by animal experiments. That is to say, there will not be immediate harm, but there will be a potential crisis for the body for a long time.

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