[Jewelry making - Article 00448] - Re: [Orchid] Inhaling foreign materials at the bench

[Silver Mouse]

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    Although my polishing booth is direct-vented outside (I have no
    trust in the fiberglass filters that came with my old Vigor unit,
    especially when the polishing room walls used to end up coated with
    black powder every year) I wear a respirator while polishing and
    after  a few weeks the filter is quite gray. It is the very fine
    particles that do the most damage, lodging deep within the lungs. I
    mostly use white diamond prepolish and it comes packaged with a
    warning suggesting it is carcinogenic or can cause other chronic
    respiratory disorders. Yes, it is a bit uncomfortable and
    inconvenient, especially if I have to stop to deal with a customer,
    but the spending my last years in pain and attached to an oxygen
    bottle is much worse. 

Edward

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