Welding of steels containing chromium (stainless steel and high tensile steels) is done commonly, including in home shops with little PPE. It's not like if you

Welding of steels containing chromium (stainless steel and high tensile steels) is done commonly, including in home shops with little PPE. It's not like if you weld steels containing chromium you'll immediately die, it takes a lot of exposure. Like all other toxic exposures you should do what you can to mitigate it, but you're kind of overstating the danger of welding chromium-containing steels.