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  2. Silicon dioxide - Wikipedia

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    Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO 2, commonly found in nature as quartz. [5] [6] In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is one of the most complex and abundant families of materials, existing as a compound of several minerals and as a

  3. Health effects of coal ash - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, when coal ash is ingested, thallium exposure can cause diarrhea and vomiting. [5] In addition, thallium exposure is also associated with heart, liver, lung and kidney complications. [5] Silica: When silica is inhaled from coal ash dust, fetal lung disease or silicosis can develop. [4]

  4. Silicosis - Wikipedia

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    The inflammatory effects of crystalline silica are apparently mediated by the NLRP3 inflammasome. [ 17 ] Characteristic lung tissue pathology in nodular silicosis consists of fibrotic nodules with concentric "onion-skinned" arrangement of collagen fibers, central hyalinization , and a cellular peripheral zone, with lightly birefringent ...

  5. 15 Bizarre Side Effects of Foods You Probably Have in Your ...

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    7. Soy Can Affect Fertility in Men. Soy has come a long way. Once dismissed as “hippie food,” today it’s a popular protein alternative for vegetarians and vegans.

  6. Silicic acid - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] [6] Dehydrating the latter yields a hard translucent form of silica with atomic-scale pores, called silica gel, which is widely used as water absorbent and drying agent. Silica dissolves very sparingly in water [citation needed] and is present in seawater at concentrations below 100 parts per million. In such dilute solutions, silica is ...

  7. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metal poisoning [5] Coltsfoot: coughwort, farfarae folium leaf, foalswort [4] Tussilago farfara: Liver damage, cancer [4] Comfrey: comphrey, blackwort, common comfrey, slippery root [4] Symphytum officinale: Liver damage, [4] [5] cancer [4] Country mallow: heartleaf, silky white mallow Sida cordifolia "Heart attack, heart arrhythmia ...

  8. Medicinal clay - Wikipedia

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    Clays are classified as excipients and their main side-effects are that of neutral excipients, which is to impair and slow down absorption of antibiotics, hormones and heart medication amongst others by coating the digestive tract [27] and this slowed down absorption can lead to increased toxicity of some medication (e.g. citrate salts) which ...

  9. Volcanic ash - Wikipedia

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    Chronic health effects from volcanic ash fall are possible, as exposure to free crystalline silica is known to cause silicosis. Minerals associated with this include quartz , cristobalite and tridymite , which may all be present in volcanic ash.