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Originally Posted by Charlie Ping
I use children's play sand, but I saw that it contains silica which can cause cancer and it's now caused me to start worrying whether it is suitable or not to be in a hamster's enclosure where they kick it around. Someone told me that hamsters don't have a long enough lifespan for cancer to set in, but I didn't know because they have a more sensitive respiratory system and a shorter lifespan (seems confusing) and I didn't know if that would mean they were more susceptible.
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As long as you've rinsed, baked, and sifted it to remove dust(along with other things such as insects that can be in sand even if it seems perfectly sealed) you'll be completely fine to keep using it.
ETA posted right at the same time - baking and sieving should be done regardless of manufacturer claims such as kiln drying etc. Even bags that look perfectly sealed as this post has mentioned can have foreign objects in them, so you always want to do the process fully.