How dangerous is welding?
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Ive been thinking to start a job as a welder to pay off debt and maybe get out of the rat race. I found a good opportunity, but of course with this comes sacrifices, long working hours.
My question is, being short term up to 2 years, would I get long term health issues?
I was thinking a combo of aspirin 2g, K2, coffee and vitamin C daily to mitigate the negatives. Maybe EDTA after that I left it.
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@Androsclerozat said in How dangerous is welding?:
I was thinking a combo of aspirin 2g, K2, coffee and vitamin C daily to mitigate the negatives. Maybe EDTA after that I left it.
With that kind of a thing and a hood that's masked or area that's vented it sounds great to me. And ought to pay very well.
Do and don't worry. IMO
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@ThinPicking I may give it a try. At least to pay off debt.
I asked chatGPT and said that you absorb 0.1mg of iron per hour with all protection and ventilation. Now there is chromium hexavalent which is cancerous.
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@Androsclerozat said in How dangerous is welding?:
I asked chatGPT
Recommend using static references and every stop on your vagus nerve to chew on industrial hazard. If you want a chat, have them with old xpurts, site managers or H&S law people. Almost anyone will "waste" time on you if you're clear enough to know you're not wasting theirs.
you absorb 0.1mg of iron per hour with all protection and ventilation. Now there is chromium hexavalent which is cancerous.
You're probably worse off under fluorescents in an office sitting near a photocopier, particularly if the fittings are new. But other boring jobs are always available.
And the drones are coming one day. You'd do it in a VR headset.
It may affect also vision and hearing.
Just stay focused, observe protocol and don't remove your attention.
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@ThinPicking
I use the robot as curiosity because I understand that he doesn't weld.
I will be precautious anyway. -
Maybe he will one day, when he has a tesseract to go with his "brain".
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have good ventilation and go to the sauna and do peaty stuff and you'll be fine imo. it's a good career, my dad supports a whole family on it. 2g of aspirin a day for years is a lot and will probably actually give you iron deficiency.
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@sushi_is_cringe Good to know
Peating really gives you a new perspective on how to mitigate the negatives
I couldn't imagine starting without knowing about chelators