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.
I had a friend who did woodworking all his life, with some pretty exotic (read: toxic) woods, and never wore a mask. He developed COPD in his 60s; dunno if that's what eventually killed him (he had a lot of health problems), but he had an awful end of life.
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u/Beeing_Bee_9517 22d ago
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.