Thread: Hone of the Day

Lead is a low risk, known carcinogen that poses a risk through long term ingestion/inhalation really.
I worked in a chemical plant for years making vinyl. Lead was a big ingredient in the low temp wire and cable industry.
50-100lb bags of pure lead powder dumped into 15ft long blenders and mixed vigorously,,batchers would be covered in dust head to toe, respirators a must.
Mandatory yearly blood tests to check lead levels. Lead in blood levels below a certain threshold, good to go. Too high, off the batch floor for 6 months till the levels lowered through bladder and kidney functions.
Had some guys intentionally wear their masks wrong to get high enough levels to get out of batching for 6 months! Intentionally poisoning themselves to avoid the hot jobs in the summer.
Crox falls into the same category of heavy weight/low risk.
Stuff is 5 times heavier than water and pretty tough to make a dust cloud of any significance to your health. Would need to have a blender full of dried powder, running at full with the lid off to generate enough air born material to get into your system. And it would settle out within feet of the blender again so you'd have to really, really try to suck that stuff in..
Precautions do help, but really, low risk items in the grand scheme of life's little dangers.