delloEllo

So i picked up clay as a hobby years ago. I was little and neither me nor my parents thought to do research on it for possible health hazards. Nowadays i scarcely bother, but recently i had time and made a little statue. It's been left to dry for about two weeks and i decided to sand the base because it kept falling over. I dont have any special equipment here or anything so i just used a nail file i dont use anymore. I filed it over the bathroom sink, but halfway in it hit me that i probably shouldn't be breathing that, so i cleaned it up and rinsed my hands and the sink with water. I dont think i breathed in too much - there wasnt much dust to begin with - and from the search i did afterwards it seems that small amounts, although not harmless, aren't dangerous. I also figured that, firstly, I've had the statuette sitting by my computer for the last five days now, which apparently is also not great. Secondly, i have probably already breathed in quite a bit over the years by working with the material with no safety measures - even though I've never attempted to sand it before. So I concluded that I've probably had more exposure to it over time than in the last ten minutes. And all in all, I've never presented any breathing problems. Not to say i wont be safer with the material from now on, but yk. Should I be paranoid nonetheless? Was there any elevated risk by sanding the statuette than I've had in the past, or something else i possibly missed? Thanks for your time.