Over time, welders lung health is compromised slowly by breathing in fine metal particlesa nd strong gases from the fusion of metals and off-gasing.
Be vigalent and think about wearing a closed respirator filtration system air filtration system, while you weld to keep your lung health high. Lungs are very vulnerable in general.
Here is an article about a young welders death that sucked in the wrong bacteria and had bad lungs. It killed him fast.
"He was a welder, Dr. Musser noted, and welders are unusually susceptible to lung infections, perhaps because their lungs are chronically irritated by fine metal particles. So his fatal illness was most likely due to a confluence of events: welding, living in a rural area where the bacteria lived in the soil and happening to breathe in this toxin-containing species of bacteria."
Closed Welding Air Filtration System: (SpeedGlas - one of the best welding helmets makers)
Video: (actual use)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl___gSCA
Air Supply System:
http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=66666UuZjcFSLXTtMxT_58T2EVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666--&fn=Fresh_Air_GB.pdf
Clear Air Welding Station : air evacuation system
Be vigalent and think about wearing a closed respirator filtration system air filtration system, while you weld to keep your lung health high. Lungs are very vulnerable in general.
Here is an article about a young welders death that sucked in the wrong bacteria and had bad lungs. It killed him fast.
"He was a welder, Dr. Musser noted, and welders are unusually susceptible to lung infections, perhaps because their lungs are chronically irritated by fine metal particles. So his fatal illness was most likely due to a confluence of events: welding, living in a rural area where the bacteria lived in the soil and happening to breathe in this toxin-containing species of bacteria."
Closed Welding Air Filtration System: (SpeedGlas - one of the best welding helmets makers)
Video: (actual use)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dFl___gSCA
Air Supply System:
http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=66666UuZjcFSLXTtMxT_58T2EVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666--&fn=Fresh_Air_GB.pdf
Clear Air Welding Station : air evacuation system
