i see a few of my client and friend house using this type of stone type thing bath mat, not your normal usual cloth 1. is very dry but because not cloth u cnanot fold and wipe top of your feet. they say is good and no need wash and is always dry and no berbau even after is very wet.

sample:

https://shopee.com.my/SIMPLYBEST-Japan-Diat...4106.2837228881










anyone using this ? berbaloi or not ?

coz i buy 1 good microfiber floor bathroom mat also need about this price and need cuci 1.
if this good i also wan buy and try. so need see expereince ppl of kopitiam see who use b4 and whether this is berbaloi or not

They say got powder dust from the stone

I used this in Japan

But the quality I bought from made in China totally different.

is it even a stone ah ? is it like compressed powder or a piece slab of stone maciam marble ?

pretty sure all that water need to go somewhere

From Wiki

Safety considerations

Inhalation of crystalline silica is harmful to the lungs, causing silicosis. Amorphous silica is considered to have low toxicity, but prolonged inhalation causes changes to the lungs.[33] Diatomaceous earth is mostly amorphous silica, but contains some crystalline silica, especially in the saltwater forms.[34] In a study of workers, those exposed to natural D.E. for over 5 years had no significant lung changes, while 40% of those exposed to the calcined form had developed pneumoconiosis.[35] Today's common D.E. formulations are safer to use as they are predominantly made up of amorphous silica and contain little or no crystalline silica.[36]

The crystalline silica content of D.E. is regulated in the United States by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and there are guidelines from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health setting maximum amounts allowable in the product (1%) and in the air near the breathing zone of workers, with a recommended exposure limit at 6 mg/m3 over an 8-hour workday.[36] OSHA has set a permissible exposure limit for diatomaceous earth as 20 mppcf (80 mg/m3/%SiO2). At levels of 3000 mg/m3, diatomaceous earth is immediately dangerous to life and health.[37]

In the 1930s, long-term occupational exposure among workers in the cristobalite D.E. industry who were exposed to high levels of airborne crystalline silica over decades were found to have an increased risk of silicosis.[38]

Today, workers are required to use respiratory-protection measures when concentrations of silica exceed allowable levels.

Diatomite produced for pool filters is treated with high heat (calcination) and a fluxing agent (soda ash), causing the formerly harmless amorphous silicon dioxide to assume its crystalline form.[36]