Question from doodleb
Hi Debra, I enjoy your blog so much! I am now having an anxiety attack because we tried to go green and do away with vinyl flooring on a very very low budget. So what i did was i went to the big box store and got the 68 cent a foot ceramic tile, and bought some grout, BUT on the grout is says Warning: contains silica sand, and .. crystalized silica causes cancer and silicosis. So now im terribly afraid, as my dad will be the one laying the tile. It is made by Laticrete, the grout and the thin set morter.
(What sparked me to look was, I looked at my paint from Olympic, which was suppose to be Zero VOC and i started getting dizzy, which prompted me to go look at the ingredients. It said on it, contains Cristoballite which is crystalized silica and has the warning like on Grout, causes lung cancer and silicosis warning.
Oh you laid tile in your house, does all grout contain crystalized silica, or silica sand?
i also contacted a tile expert (he is from a grout company) and here is his answer.
