Practice question · Select all that apply
Which make respirable crystalline silica particularly dangerous in a studio?
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- Three describe why it is missed; one would make it easier to manage.
- The absence of symptoms is precisely the problem.
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- B. The particles that reach the deep lung are too small to see
- C. There is no acute warning after a heavy exposure day
- D. The damage is cumulative and irreversible
Why
The fourth is what would make it safe, and its absence is the danger. There is no cough, no irritation, nothing on the day, so the behaviour that causes silicosis produces no feedback at all, which is why the controls have to be habits rather than responses.
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