Do you wear a dust mask... wheeze

[Dave Martin]

Perhaps you just have a chest infection!?

 

Us tough woodsmen types just man up and get on.... This time last year I ended up in hospital with severe tonsillitis cause I maned up and ignored it.

 

Perhaps you should pay the doctor a visit!

 

Dont get me wrong... I have been outside working since 5.15 this morning so I dont allow my current ailment to slow me down its just that people expect perfection from me

[gensetsteve]

:biggrin: I do get hay fever so it may be that. Just dont want to be walking around in five years time with a thing against my neck talking like a Dalek I have always been so careful in the past ... for instance when I had petrol stations and a couple of tanker drivers got mouth cancers I decided it would be prudent to let my pregnant secretary supervise the deliveries just in case

 

petrol vapours and wood dust = explosion you are a walking bomb. I get hayfever and dog hair and mould spores can bring on asthma. Very rare but not nice when it happens.

[logbuster]

I have worn a Trend Airshield Pro for 3 years . Excellent piece of kit never let me down and still using original battery. Best £170 spent. Keeps all dust and crap from processor away from eyes and lungs. Still using original filters which I keep clean with airline.

[baz]

What worries me is whether or not the dust is carcinogenic

 

It can. Read up on what you should be aware of and precautions to take on the HSE site.

 

Woodworking health topics ? Inhaling wood dust