[mdGreg C]

Thanks K, I wasn't Sure Where to Go.Anreuro, I Heard this Long Ago, With the Burning of Rice Fields in Central Ca., I Heard that Problem was Ultimately Found to Be From the Release of Silicon, Oxidized Forms, Into the Atmosphere, Not Bagasosis (Sp?).

[Kynysca]

Hopefully, Spreedog answers this Q ;-). Maybe he (or, someone else) will have a much better answer. But, I’ll give this a shot...I found a 1997, where cohorts of asbestos sprayers and silicosis patients were tracked for incidence of cancer. Total cancer, lung cancer, and mesothelioma were dependent/criterion variables (

Here's a pearl for you. There is a focus of mesothelioma cases in the Belle Glade, FL area. No asbestos there. It is sugar cane growing country. If you look at the fiber of sugar cane and asbestos under the scanning electron microscope, they are identical. When they burn the cane fields after the harvest, the fibers become airborne, and Belle Glade is close. If the wind is right, the fibers blow into the little town.Makes you wonder when you hear of new kitchen containers made of sugar cane fibers.