No, sorry, that is not all.
Fiber glass does not cause silicosis.
And there is just no clinical comparing asbestos and glass fiber.
Depends on who you read. I have a feeling we could go back and forth on this the same as research regarding climate change.
Chiazze, Leonard, Deborah K. Watkins, Cheryl Fryar, and Joseph Kozono. "A case-control study of malignant and non-malignant respiratory disease among employees of a fiberglass manufacturing facility. II. Exposure assessment." Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50, no. 8 (1993): 717-725. - "
There were raised ORs for the higher cumulative exposure categories for respirable fibres, asbestos, silica, and asphalt fumes. For both silica and asphalt fumes, ORs were more than double the reference groups for all exposure categories. A limited number of subjects were exposed to fine fibres. The scarcity of cases and controls limits the extent to which analyses for fine fibre may be carried out. Within those limitations, among those who had worked with fine fibre, the unadjusted, unmatched OR for lung cancer was (1.0 (95% CI 0.229-4.373) and for non-malignant respiratory disease, the OR was 1.5 (95% CI 0.336-6.702)"
Enterline, Philip E., and Vivian Henderson. "The health of retired fibrous glass workers." Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal 30, no. 3 (1975): 113-116. - "
The commonly reported abnormal findings on chest radiographs are low profusion micronodular opacities, hilar enlargement, and pleural thickening. Rare cases of pulmonary fibrosis, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, and sarcoidosis-like pulmonary disease have been described after exposure to fiberglass.
Detailed exposure history is essential to make the diagnosis. Cessation of fiberglass exposure is important in management of these patients. Inhalation fever, reactive airway disease, and chemical pneumonitis also can be the result of exposure to an endotoxin or binder agents."
But then reading through others
Enterline, Philip E., and Vivian Henderson. "The health of retired fibrous glass workers." Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal 30, no. 3 (1975): 113-116. "
This comparison showed no evidence of any unusual health hazards among fibrous glass workers, except a possible excess in chronic bronchitis."
For me, I'll wear my ppe. I suppose I may have gone a little far in stating fiberglass causes silicosis, and instead should have stopped at non malignant and malignant respiratory disease. I do think however it depends on the structure of fibreglass. Silica rich fiberglass, when ground and airborne can be inhaled introducing silica particles into the lungs.
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