Hi Tapio,
I made a similar find a few years ago. Boron is non-toxic in solid form.
That doesn't seem to stop the folklore tales, though.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo@...> wrote:
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>
> While browsing the net, I ran into the web site of "Specialty
> materials", company that produces boron fibers, and there also found the
> safety data sheet for boron fibers:
> http://specmaterials.com/pdfs/BoronMonofilamentMSDS.pdf
>
> Looks like the stuff is not that bad after all; acute health risks are
> "PUNCTURE OF THE SKIN BY FIBER SPLINTERS", but there are no known
> chronic health hazards.
>
>
> -Tapio-
>
Received on Sun Dec 26 2010 - 20:42:07 CET