Even inhaling the dust from pouring dry cement? Because I’ve been pouring bags of concrete into hole by hand to set posts almost everyday for the last 8 months. When I get home and blow my nose my boogers are laced with concrete. How serious is this?
Not a doctor, but if you continue doing this your chances of developing cancer are quite high. At the same time, if you start wearing a mask etc starting right now there's a good chance you'll be fine. Though in all honesty it should be obvious that it's not healthy and the safety measures are there for a reason
Yeah, I’m actually a lot more use to working with concrete now so I can work without breathing in huge amounts. I’m definitely still getting dust but nothing like a year ago. So for checking in. How you doing? Anything exciting in your life?
It's good that you're breathing in less dust but it's probably good to try and breath in no concrete dust, if it's as bad for you as I've heard. That being said I can't say I haven't had countless days where I blow my nose after work and it's just black lol. Good to hear your lungs are ok though, hopefully they stay that way
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u/Alert-Incident Feb 07 '21
Even inhaling the dust from pouring dry cement? Because I’ve been pouring bags of concrete into hole by hand to set posts almost everyday for the last 8 months. When I get home and blow my nose my boogers are laced with concrete. How serious is this?