Porcelain dust - Does it contain silica or any other nasties?

[Andy Allen]

Building site toilets after the brickies have been in there...!!

 

[widler]

Ive inhaled and snorted more stuff since my teens that Ive given up worrying.
If it's going to kill me, it's doing it already .
I don't want to die, I'm quite fond of living , but if we worry to much about h&s we will be walking about like Neil Armstrong on the moon (allegedly)

 

[One Day]

Death doesn't worry me one bit. It's the thought of having my tongue / voice box removed, or half my face cut away which bothers me!

 

[Ttt1601]

Silica dust is the new nasty, it's in most construction materials, big sites are getting very hot about it. Problem is, we've all breathed in far too much gor it make a difference now, and give it a couple of years and they find something else that's just as bad

 

[Dan]

Just always make sure you're wearing a mask when any kind of dust is going to be knocking about. It's not a hard fix. Some good masks about these days too.

 

[Ttt1601]

Being the health and safety orientated gent that I am I try and stick a simple rule with dust, if I'm going to be picking lumps of it out of my nose on the drive home, I try and stick a mask on first

 

[J Sid]

doesn't that take all the fun out of the drive home

 

[Ttt1601]

The dust ruins the taste tho

 

[One Day]

Makes them crunchy - bad for your teeth

 

[Andy Allen]

You lot are disgusting !!
wipe on the edge of the seat or roll in ball and flick it.....see where it lands..lol

 

[Dan]

You lot are disgusting !!
wipe on the edge of the seat or roll in ball and flick it.....see where it lands..lol

Reminds me of that top gear episode where they got three old cars and did forensics on them to see what was in them. Ewwwwwww!

 

[Andy Allen]

Come again . ..lol

 

[One Day]

Come again . ..lol

The previous owner had done!

 

[Leon the lion]

Apparently its well bad for you.
Bit late for most of us if it is

Was wanting to know I guess through the years ive breathed in all of crap including some silica. last night I was trying to finish a job that a tile guy started for me. I was cut porcelain tile with my grinder for a couple of hours without a respirator. You think I’ll be ok? I mean I know it not a doctor but any advice would help me mentally.

 

[Leon the Lion]

I guess we are only talking in small quantities, but time to get some face masks maybe?

Worth a read:
Silica - https://digitalfire.com/4sight/material/silica_1245.html

I’ve been reading into these forums, because I did something stupid. I was grinding porcelain tile in my restroom without a respirator. It was a couple of hours should I be concerned as I am?
Leon