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The Something Awful Forums > Main > Post Your Favorite: Carefully Curated > PYF Dangerous Chemistry: Fluorine protecting Its Modesty...
 
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One Eye Open
Sep 19, 2006
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Vitamins posted:

Can't even welding galvanised steel make you really ill due to the zinc layer evaporating and getting inhaled? I've got some massive respect for welders.

Yep, you get the zinc shakes.

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Sep 19, 2006
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kastein posted:


Welding releases tons of nasty vapors though.


Manganese seems to be among the worst in normal welding, possibly causing brain damage(summaries of the Mayo study and the Washington University School of Medicine study).

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