Cement Dust
Can cement dust cause the cartlidge in your nose to be gone. I have a hole in my nose and had a biopsy done and they don't know what caused it I worked next to a cement plant for a while and we always had problems with the dust from there. Also my daughter constently has upper resp. infections anything on that. Please e-mail me back any information will be helpful thanks for your time in this matter.
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Nasal perforation is a well recognised complication of chrome exposure. Chromates are present in cement, i suppose would be a possible casue of nasal perforation although i have never seen a case. Cement exposure can also cause asthma and rhinitis.
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My neighbor has started parking his cement work truck (diesel) next to our residence in his residential home yard and storing his equipment including cement in his garage. I have 2 young daughters one who has stopped breathing on many occassions as an infant and was diagnosed with asthma at 18 months of age. She turned 6 last year and asthma has improved, my concern is after time and the dry summers here in Australia that the cement dust will accumulate and be blown around our house and surrounds and will be breathed in by us all and affect our health especially my daughters health and her asthma will return. She has multiple allergies and I want to prevent further health complications by dealing with this now rather than when and if her/our health deteriorates after time. Will the diesel and cement dust be a health hazard, especially to an asthmatic child.
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Diesel and cement dust are both possible causes of occupational asthma. However exposures at work can be many times greater than bystander exposure in the home. It is unlikely that exposure to diesel exhaust fume outside from a neighbour will be any greater than that generally encountered on the road. Cement in the home environment needs to be kept in a sealed bag.
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