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That’s not what the manufacturers of modern glass fiber insulation would have you believe. Plenty of people cutting and handling it with no PPE at all in their
by jrmg 1y ago
That’s not what the manufacturers of modern glass fiber insulation would have you believe. Plenty of people cutting and handling it with no PPE at all in their promotional literature.
https://www.owenscorning.com/en-us/insulation/pink-next-gen-fiberglas/safety https://www.owenscorning.com/en-us/insulation/pink-next-gen-...
- landl0rd 1y agoFiberglass is at least pretty easy one to figure out. Don't have to get that stuff in your skin more than once to realize it's probably really, really bad to breathe.
- jabl 1y agoMy understanding is that fiberglass and mineral wool [1] are classified as skin (yes, it itches), eye, and lung irritants (coughing), but they're not carcinogenic. Considering how extremely widely they have been used for a long time, if they were we'd most likely have seen it by now. Sure it's not good for you, so using PPE is certainly warranted, but it's on a whole different level of badness compared to asbestos. [1] Per wikipedia, there are some varieties of mineral wool used for high temperatures (think insulating industrial furnaces and such) which are carcinogens.