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Isn’t this basically the same idea as diatomaceous earth?

• gymbeaux 3y ago
  Diatomaceous earth works externally to kill bugs who are uniquely susceptible to a powder that is only sharp at a small scale (eg to us it’s a fine powder, to bugs it’s shrapnel). This seems similar but for internal use, so more akin to asbestos in that it’s a tiny sharp object that goes inside us with no clear means of removal. Asbestos is so damaging because our lungs are incapable of removing it, so the fibers irritate structures in the lungs until cancerous cells that can’t be handled by our immune system form and spread. The same principle would apply elsewhere in the body if that irritating object can’t be expunged, I would think. If the body can remove these titanium pieces though, it sounds like it could work well with little to no risk.