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minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoWhen people say ‘back in my day we slept on sawdust’, but this time it actually turns out to be true
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoif you’ve ever been at an industrial woodshop, you know that sawdust is hella soft and warm. and itchy. and carcinogenic.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agotiny sharp particles. it can pierce the tissue in your lungs just like asbestos.
minus-squareAniki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 hours agouhm … do you have actual scientific research or is this just your guess? because yeah, asbestos is bad, but that’s mineralic. sawdust is organic.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_impacts_of_sawdust
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m guessing if the source was treated lumber?
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When people say ‘back in my day we slept on sawdust’, but this time it actually turns out to be true
if you’ve ever been at an industrial woodshop, you know that sawdust is hella soft and warm. and itchy. and carcinogenic.
Carcinogenic? How?
tiny sharp particles. it can pierce the tissue in your lungs just like asbestos.
uhm … do you have actual scientific research or is this just your guess? because yeah, asbestos is bad, but that’s mineralic. sawdust is organic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_impacts_of_sawdust
oh wow … i didn’t know that! thanks.
I’m guessing if the source was treated lumber?