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| | | | | [189] Dusts in the Jewelry Workshop | Dust is small particles of a material. There are dusts you can see in the air; these can be breathed in, and because the particles are fairly large, they end up in the upper portions of the lungs. Some can be cleared from the body by its natural mucus where it is bound up, and brought up into the esophagus. From there it is swallowed and so exposes the stomach tissue to whatever chemical was ingested. Jewelry polishers may have elevated rates of stomach cancer as a result of this. With dust in the air, however, it is the smaller, invisible particles that are the most dangerous, and these stay in your lungs.... (2002)
 Complete Story | | Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] | | Releated Categories: [Health Hazard] | | | [188] Noise and its affects | Noise is so common that we don't tend to think of it in terms of exposure in the same way that we would, for example, with a chemical such as benzene. Yet the treatment of hearing damage is considered to be one of the growth industries as we.... (1999)
Complete Story | | Show me more articles from: [Brain Press Publications]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] | | Releated Categories: [Health Hazard] | | | [763] Notes on Asbestos and Jewelers | Asbestos is a real problem for jewelers. When I was first a student in 1974, we had a bucket of loose asbestos fibers under the soldering bench; we would take a handful and moisten it with water to form a clay-like blob to hold things together for soldering. This would be unthinkable today....
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Complete Story | | Show me more articles from: [The Jewelry Workshop Safety Report]|[Charles Lewton-Brain] | | Releated Categories: [Health Hazard] | | ISBN: 0969851049 | |
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