Damage to MacBook Pro Possible?

I have an SSD flash drive in the ExpressCard Slot on my MacBook Pro (Early 2008). I was wondering if there was any way I could do damage to the laptop by leaving the chip in most of the time or if it was safe to leave in the slot without harming the computer.
Thank you, I understand this question is probably useless and I apologize I just am extremely protective and baby my MacBook Pro.
Thanks.

It's not going to do any harm leaving it in the slot

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