How To Save Your Lungs Before It's Too Late
- Thursday, July 18, 2013
- by
- Unknown
Consider
that of the total amount of waste materials that your body eliminates via
urine, stools, mucous, breath, and sweat, approximately 75 percent by volume is
handled by your lungs. Put another way, your lungs are at least as important to
your body's ability to experience ongoing cleansing and detoxification as your
digestive tract and kidneys. And to maintain healthy lungs, you have to
minimize your exposure to the pollutants described above.
Therefore, my friends, exposing to adequate exposing to fresh air and good, systematic, deep in and out breathing is the best way to keep lungs healthy . plus, avoiding exposure to following,
1. Crystalline silica
Crystalline
silica is a component of soil, sand, and rocks (like granite and quartzite).
Only quartz and cristobalite silica that can be inhaled as particles are
designated known carcinogens.
Where
is it found
In the air during mining, cutting, and drilling.
Drywall mud, household cleaners, paints, glass, brick, ceramics,
silicon metals in electronics, plastics, paints, and abrasives in soaps.
Occupations
most at risk:
Quarry
workers, plasterers, drywallers, construction workers, brick workers, miners,
stonecutters (including jewellery), workers involved in drilling, polishing,
and crushing, pottery makers, glassmakers, soap or detergent manufacturers,
farmers, dentists, and auto workers.
2. Wood dust
Wood
dust is made up of particles of wood that are created by cutting and sanding.
Where
is it found?
Anywhere wood is chipped, turned, drilled, or sanded.
Occupations
most at risk:
Those
in the construction industry, and to some extent, those in the logging
industry. Specific occupational settings that typically involve significant
exposure include furniture/cabinetry shops, timber mills, window/door
manufacturers, joinery shops, wooden boat manufacturers, and pulp and paper
manufacturers.
3. Asbestos
Asbestos
is a group of naturally occurring minerals that form heat-resistant fibers.
Where
is it found?
Naturally in rock formations.
In some auto parts like brakes, gaskets, and friction products.
In some industrial textiles
In some safety clothing.
Occupations
most at risk:Asbestos
miners, brake repair mechanics, building demolition or maintenance workers,
carpenters, cabinetmakers, construction workers, electricians, plumbers,
plaster and drywall installers, auto mechanics.
4. Chromium (hexavalent)
Chromium
is a naturally occurring mineral that becomes carcinogenic when it is
transformed into its hexavalent form through industrial processes.
Where
is it found?
In the manufacturing of stainless steel and other alloys.
In the industrial wood preservative, CCA (Chromated Copper
Arsenate).
Used in small amounts in printer ink toners, textile dyes, and
during water treatment.
Occupations
most at risk:
Welders
while welding stainless steel, printing machine and press operators, machinists,
and pipefitters.
5. Nickel and its compounds
Metallic
nickel, a possible carcinogen, is a silver-like, hard metal or grey powder.
Nickel compounds, known carcinogens, tend to be green to black, but yellow when
heated.
Where
is it found?
Used
to make stainless steel, and also found in magnets, electrical contacts,
batteries, spark plugs, and surgical/dental prostheses.
Occupations
most at risk:
Welders,
construction millwrights, industrial mechanics, metal spraying workers,
machinists, machining/tooling inspectors, nickel refinery workers, iron/steel
mill workers, metal ore miners, and manufacturers in structural metals, motor
vehicle parts, boilers, and shipping containers.
6. Formaldehyde
Associated
cancers:
Nasopharyngeal
cancer, leukemia
What
is it?
A
colorless, combustible gas with a pungent odour.
Where
is it found?
Used in the manufacture of textiles, resins, wood products, and
plastics.
As a preservative, formaldehyde is found in embalming fluid.
As a preservative and disinfectant, it's used in soaps,
shampoos, deodorants, mouthwash, and cosmetics.
Occupations
most at risk:
Embalmers,
pathology lab operators, wood and paper product workers, and health care
professionals (nurses, dentists) exposed during use of medicinal products that
contain formaldehyde. Also at risk are painters, manual labourers, product
assemblers, foundry workers, and those who teach in cadaver laboratories.
REF: Post Dr. Ben Kim