Fine stuff inside stress ball - harmful?

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Fine stuff inside stress ball -- harmful?

Today a stress ball burst in the office (yes, people can get highly stressed around here). The "soft" material inside looked like finely ground (granular) synthetic "sand" with a faint blueish color.

It can be silicon but I am not sure. Has anyone seen anything like it before?

Can it be harmful/fatal (e.g. when breathed, or for the eyes)?

I think someone cut their finger trying to get the granules out the keyboard "trims" (narrow grooves on the keyboard).
 

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No worries...http://web.archive.org/web/20080215101551/http://www.stressballs.gb.com/info/stressfaq.html" .
 
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The only way to find out is to have someone you don't like taste it.
 


lisab said:
No worries...http://web.archive.org/web/20080215101551/http://www.stressballs.gb.com/info/stressfaq.html" .
Whew! Thanks, lisab! :smile:
 
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You mean they don't put powdered asbestos in those?

That would give it marvelous hand warming properties.
 


I want pictures! I only have the foam rubber variety of stress balls. Don't make me buy the other kind just to take it apart to see what's inside now! :smile:
 


LowlyPion said:
You mean they don't put powdered asbestos in those?

That would give it marvelous hand warming properties.

lol...wow
 


MB: they cleaned it up before I could take pictures. Sorry! If I see one I'll buy it, open it up, and post the pictures.

In 3 words: "bluish gritty granules." (It feels and behaves almost exactly like sand.)
 
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