Silicosis - is it the 'new asbestosis'?

[@youtubeaccount5356]

My dad got diagnosed with silicosis about a week ago, he coughs a lot (so far he's bled twice from his nose from coughing so much and he has also fainted for a few seconds), he has breathing problems, and he also throws up after eating, I heard it's gonna get worse and I'm honestly not prepared for that... I just hope I can be mentally and physically strong for my dad and the rest of my family cause man I'm not gonna lie I'm scared... My dad is only 48 years old, and he doesn't deserve this, it's not fair, all he ever did was work hard to provide for his family, he never hurt no one, so I dont understand why it had to be him...

[@UUhm_1dk]

Same here man, keep ur head up

[@haydesgraham138]

How is your dad doing today if u dont mind me asking?

[@jamescameron7633]

I'm a Stone Mason to and I got all the same things can't stop coughing and can't hardly sleep it's horrible

[@awalk5177]

Silicosis was a well known issue centuries ago when masons lived on site during the building of places like Westminster Abbey and York Minster and all across Europe. This is not new. My grandfather was a builder and rescued people from bombed buildings in WWII. He said he always measured those big cathedrals as how many thousands of lives were lost due to silicosis of stone masons and their families who literally lived on site. I remember in 1970's people suffering in paint shops from painting cars. There are many issues with things getting in our lungs. Vaping will be the next one.

[@dplj4428]

Always wear protection when cutting wood or glass etc.

[@carlosaranda7749]

They should have told us that in wood shop in high school we sand and cut wood only with safety glasses on now I know even wood dust is a known carcinogen

[@stringlarson1247]

@@carlosaranda7749 Some woods are worse than others for toxicity, but it's all bad when cutting and only gets worse when you get to sanding. Anyone interested can search "wood toxicity" and find charts on species, type of toxicity, etc.

[@isabellamaree1433]

Companies on the Sunshine Coast would pull the cameras before clean up. Order staff to dump the slurry pits while it rained so councilman couldn’t catch them. Straight into Maroochydore river. Over worked under paid. Lucky to be boots or a safety kit of any kind in the factory. Complain you’d be fired or threatened. Drugs rampant = more work done more money. These cut outs have been done in homes dust for the owners to clean and families to breath. Families clothes washed in the same machines. White eye lashes and hair nose hairs. Toxic shock lads shaking high temps within minutes for a few hours. All about money 💰 families have been threatened for years since diagnosis. Hell two weeks before Covid lockdown compo called many Silicosis suffers claiming hierarchy had a meeting sufferers would stop being paid within the month. They were hoping they would die from Covid. Shine lawyers fix that. But they tried. All disgusting.

[@SagittarianArrows]

Absolutely disgusting, greedy, selfish ... all for drugs you say and mammon :(

[@Olivia--]

That is evil.

[@keelo-byte]

Just wear a respirator. If someone calls you a wimp tell them to f.o. how fragile are these tradies?

[@pupaygaming9002]

can transplant cure it?

[@user-wickedflower]

Australia has banned man made stone, first country in the world

[@bibastarmedia9650]

Wow

[@bibastarmedia9650]

Basically when you go to work, be sure - employers couldn't care less about staff safety, it is totally up to you. Even if Employer sort of ticking the boxes - be sure, you are in danger if you do not protect yourself at all times.

[@CameshaCamz]

My God this is so sad. I wonder if it's in concrete too?

[@ianbecker5674]

It is. In pretty much all rock dust.

[@jayden793]

Yes it is they even put in car tyres but the main danger is working with it for years without the right safety

[@stringlarson1247]

Yes. Portland cement, which is the binder for concrete, mortar, etc., contains it. It's a well-known issue in the industry.

[@WilliamVG]

Hope there's new treatments in the near future.

[@dplj4428]

Groundbreaking treatment should always be preceded by groundbreaking attitude change of owners of these companies. 😑. Just like those recycling and workers wading through puddles of sewage.

[@chilly856]

I still see guys using concrete cutters not wearing masks, or they lay ashphalt and no one wears any PPE, sometimes you'll see the guys smoking too. Its insane!

[@dsbmgrey9504]

I am OCD about never taking my mask off, but the silica dust gets through the mask. I can smell the concrete when I am working. When I take my mask off, the end of my nose is covered in silica crud.

[@LilDefuseKit]

Make sure its P2 rated

[@stringlarson1247]

I use 3M NIOSH respirators and not just a 'dust mask'. Most people who don't work with various materials don't know the difference or think that spending $40 is worth it much less hundreds for serious PPE. I'm 61 and have worked with all kinds of materials, either in 'the trades' or making sculptures, etc. Looking back to the 70s, when I started working with myriad materials, chemicals, etc., nobody except autobody painters used anything. Now, figure in all the PFAS, BPAs, and micro-plastics, we are all living in a toxic soup.

[@stringlarson1247]

@@LilDefuseKit In the US N95, R95 and P95 are equivalent to a New Zealand/European P2 filter, where the N100 or P100 is equivalent to a New Zealand/European P3 filter. Just some FYI for US readers (we just have to be different).

[@synth1002]

Leave the job, learn something else. It's not worth it.

[@mrpablomx]

Jesus Christ get another job

[@nigelstanford4]

31, where????

[@jamesdunning8650]

Looks like Australia.

[@TheRasta4ri]

Silly costs from engineered stone what is that

[@pm-bg9mu]

The thing it's all around us, even that sand he's playing with his daughters, I've been in the building for 30 yrs , I've had to breathe in dust , once you get in your thoat it's horrible , employers are responsible to protect workers health

[@psfgtech]

This is real? I made it to 60, i think the insulation of dry wall did it to me

[@juanzuluaga3388]

Just by spraying water, lot of this could be prevented. What a stupid waste of human life.

[@gSnail_]

Well I’m fucked

[@dennis-wo5jb]

so sad to see

[@JackieLarose]

I wonder if smoking can do that to you

[@jessiejamesferruolo]

It's from inhaling silicone dude....

[@synth1002]

@@jessiejamesferruolo You never heard of silicon vaping? It will be popular on tiktok.

[@Gummy1991]

He didnt wear p100 masks?

[@patty109109]

He definitely did not or at least not consistently.

[@JackieLarose]

You can quit cigarettes

[@carlosaranda7749]

It’s in drywall too

[@stringlarson1247]

And drywall, from its inception until the late 80s in the US, also had asbestos. It still does in some countries.

[@synth1002]

No. Calcium Sulphate there, not so harmful.

[@BlackholeEnthusiast]

I went from excited to taking a job with cultured marble to now wanting to report the company before I even start... I do think this should be banned and only because employers want to cut corners. Make them pay, make them go broke... I could only imagine where I would be in 20 years if I took the job without knowing about crystalline silica. I'm disgusted, angry and confused as to why CANADA is silent on this.

[@standforhumanitariancauses4756]

Trump wants to remove all regulations. Let's hope he doesn't win.

[@patty109109]

You should educate yourself. You don’t even know what your company doing because you haven’t started. additionally, Canada has exposure limits on silica dust because it’s not quiet about this topic. I figured that out in 30 seconds on Google.