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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agothis was a cheap ikea pillow. it was also pushing 30. maybe that was it.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoWhen people say ‘back in my day we slept on sawdust’, but this time it actually turns out to be true
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoif you’ve ever been at an industrial woodshop, you know that sawdust is hella soft and warm. and itchy. and carcinogenic.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m guessing if the source was treated lumber?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agotiny sharp particles. it can pierce the tissue in your lungs just like asbestos.
minus-squareAniki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agouhm … do you have actual scientific research or is this just your guess? because yeah, asbestos is bad, but that’s mineralic. sawdust is organic.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_impacts_of_sawdust
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this was a cheap ikea pillow. it was also pushing 30. maybe that was it.
When people say ‘back in my day we slept on sawdust’, but this time it actually turns out to be true
if you’ve ever been at an industrial woodshop, you know that sawdust is hella soft and warm. and itchy. and carcinogenic.
Carcinogenic? How?
I’m guessing if the source was treated lumber?
tiny sharp particles. it can pierce the tissue in your lungs just like asbestos.
uhm … do you have actual scientific research or is this just your guess? because yeah, asbestos is bad, but that’s mineralic. sawdust is organic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_impacts_of_sawdust
oh wow … i didn’t know that! thanks.