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Does inhaled fiberglass stay in your lungs forever?

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  • 1 year ago
    Favorite Answer

    I guess that it will leave your lungs together with phlegm.

  • Not if you remove it surgically

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 year ago

    It stays in your body forever.  Mainly in the lungs, but I'm guessing the fibres could work their way into other surrounding organs quite easily too.

  • susan
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    Yes it will stay in your lungs forever and shorten your life.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    Yes, and it can make you very ill too.

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