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My bet is Hardi board will be the next one. Concrete dust causes silicosis. In industrial construction allowable concrete dust is basically zero. Residential construction people are sawing and grinding this concrete siding all the time.

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HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Eh. You should be cutting that with a wet saw, like any other masonry product. The problem is that a lot of contractors are trying to go fast, since time is money, and they skip wetting stone and masonry products while cutting.

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- pahlimur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah it’s not as bad as asbestos. I think it will be similar to lead paint. Bad for you, but not downright dangerous.
  
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  - HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s pretty bad. IIRC Australia has banned/is banning stone composite countertops because of how many workers were getting silicosis from breathing the dust, and they were getting silicosis at really young ages. Like, mid-20s. Silicosis isn’t bad in the same way as mesothelioma, but it’s its own kind of hell.
    
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TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Hardi board

That’s a good one. I haven’t heard of that before. It even checks off the “fireproof” box

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