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Originally Posted by dan45hk  Smoking is much more dangerous, it also worsens the reaction inhaled particulate has on the lungs. |
That's not totally true. You can smoke for years and decrease your lung capacity ,but if you stop smoking your lungs will start to heal. The coating of soot that's on them will start to dissipate which will allow the cells to once again transfer oxygen to the body.
On the other hand, breathing a thin or thick cloud of polishing abrasives destroys the cells and permanently stops them from absorbing oxygen. The amount of oxygen your lungs can transfer is constantly decreasing and will never return to the previous healthy level. Once it has dropped below 95% you should change you process to stop the damage or give up detailing. An oxygen level of less than 82% saturation, your body parts are starved for oxygen and your organs and tissue will start to die.
I'll take a temporary decrease in lung capacity caused by smoking over a permanent destruction of lung capacity caused by breathing in sharp compound and polishing abrasives. And just for the record I don't smoke, so I don't have that problem.
Here's the other forum's thread that caused me to start this thread on AG.
I had a good idea of what happened while reading it. The person who started the post did not say what the problem was so I guessed silicosis. It might not have been but the symptoms fit acute respiratory failure which can happen really quick.
I managed a carwash and had to be very careful when mixing a hydroxide based car wash chemical. If I didn't wear a mask and use a big fan to put fresh air in that building, I could have received a huge amount of lung damage. Life is too short to make it shorter.
You can play games with your life but remember the people whose lives you will affect when you are pulling an oxygen tank around to breathe or you die!
This guy had a wife!
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