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chalk dust (was: Boise: anyone want a smoke-ring gun?)



At 12:50 AM -0700 7/22/02, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
Chalk dust is also a bit toxic.

A student of mine told me last year of "white lung disease" that teachers
can get from chalk dust. I'd never heard of it and thought that chalk was
pretty benign. Is chalk better for one's health than white board pens,
fumes, and dust?

Larry