Everyone knows that you don’t want asbestos getting into your lungs, but there seems to be a prominent disregard for basic safety in preventing inhilation of fiberglass for people who work with the stuff because it’s “better” than asbestos.
Generally you don’t want to be breathing in any kinds of particulate, but fiberglass is literally fibers made of glass. You are breathing in shards of glass.
Yep. I worked a cnc table cutting fiberglass fabric for sailboat manufacturing. I was told the mask or ventilator thing (had filters and they tested it with smelling salts - I don’t recall well) was only required when it was cold, because that apparently made the fiberglass worse for you. And that requirement was really just a suggestion.
Fiberglass insulation.
Everyone knows that you don’t want asbestos getting into your lungs, but there seems to be a prominent disregard for basic safety in preventing inhilation of fiberglass for people who work with the stuff because it’s “better” than asbestos.
Generally you don’t want to be breathing in any kinds of particulate, but fiberglass is literally fibers made of glass. You are breathing in shards of glass.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone working with fiberglass and not wearing a mask. Do people really do that?
Yep. I worked a cnc table cutting fiberglass fabric for sailboat manufacturing. I was told the mask or ventilator thing (had filters and they tested it with smelling salts - I don’t recall well) was only required when it was cold, because that apparently made the fiberglass worse for you. And that requirement was really just a suggestion.
This was also Florida, US. So… You know.
Yes, because although it can cause irritation, it’s not known to cause cancer. It’s probably fine to be around without a mask once in a while
I have to laugh at the irony of your comment since this thread is about things we don’t yet know are bad for us.
Exactly, the same could be said about asbestos and cigarettes back in the day until the manufacturers couldn’t hide the truth anymore.
Lol true. But it has been studied enough that I believe it, plus fiberglass wasn’t invented to replace asbestos, it was already in use