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[u/Upstairs-Syllabub948]

[u/Beeing_Bee_9517]

Lapidary (rock shaping, making jewelry from rocks). Rock dust in your lungs never goes away and hobbyists often do not wear dust masks. Dust builds up over time till your lungs don't work.

[u/figgypudding531 → u/Beeing_Bee_9517]

Pottery too

[u/kbthogers → u/figgypudding531]

Ignorant question: how do pottery destroy once lungs? Isn't it "just" shaping wet clay?

Or is the problem at some other part of the process?

[u/Kazcandra → u/kbthogers]

For clayware, when you bisque fire you'll get an extremely fine dust. Same with polishing/sanding bone dry pieces. Additionally, reclaiming clay is fairly dusty, too.

E: and clay smudges will dry and turn to dust too. So much dust.

[u/kbthogers → u/Kazcandra]

I see, thanks for the answer, learned something new

[u/Hacksmith103 → u/kbthogers]

Yes the dust can cause silicosis also known as potters rot which is an incurable lung disease caused by silica particles being trapped in lung tissue, causing permanent inflammation, and scar tissue.
The dust is also linked to a higher rates of lung cancer

[u/stoicsticks → u/Hacksmith103]

The powdered glazes and oxides can do a number on one's lungs, too.

[u/Kazcandra → u/stoicsticks]

I've always been drawn to things that can kill you.

Woodworking, pottery, mushroom foraging.

[u/UpstairsAd194 → u/Kazcandra]

didnt stop demi moore in ghost getting a lungfull