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There is no reason for potters to get paranoid.

A bit of common sense is all that is necessary regarding dust.

We have dwelled on this topic before.

 

The workers that are affected are primarily those in construction (90%)

"... during work with stone, concrete, brick or mortar. It can occur during sawing, grinding and drilling and is common in glass manufacturing and sand blasting".

 

Furthermore the rules are just a proposal at this stage. In the USA.

 

Now go ahead and stone me for warning against paranoia in the potters studio,

I just hope a bus does not hit you when you cross the road.

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There is no reason for potters to get paranoid.

A bit of common sense is all that is necessary regarding dust.

We have dwelled on this topic before.

 

The workers that are affected are primarily those in construction (90%)

"... during work with stone, concrete, brick or mortar. It can occur during sawing, grinding and drilling and is common in glass manufacturing and sand blasting".

 

Furthermore the rules are just a proposal at this stage. In the USA.

 

Now go ahead and stone me for warning against paranoia in the potters studio,

I just hope a bus does not hit you when you cross the road.

 

Thank you for the above post.

 

Jim

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Well, one should take precautions to keep the dust out of your lungs ... Unless you have a handy donor in mind when you need new ones! No need to be all paranoid about it but it is not that hard to keep the dust level low.

 

Reminds me of the guy who was cutting tiles in our house using a machine that made such a loud noise that you could hardly be on the same floor, never mind room. No ear protection of course. When I asked why he said he didn't need it because he was going deaf anyhow. Fortunately the cutter used water so we weren't all sucking down the dust too.

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