You Think Fiberglass is Bad? You DON'T Want To Breathe This!
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A short rant about irrationality. Please forgive the overly dramatic thumbnail and title :)
Sorry but this is the single most dumb video / point of view you've ever made / had, John. It is MOST DEFINITELY not just a matter of exposure time. Take asbestos, that shit accumulates. It NEVER gets out of your lungs. I don't know about fiberglass fibers but lint, or body dust if you want, gets broken down by our body. I'm fairly sure glass does not but that doesn't mean they can't leave the body. But your point is plain and simple wrong, for once. And frankly if people take your pov, can be a health risk.
@@micnolmadtube There are times to be an activist and there are time not to be. There was no bat sign. Stand down.
@@micnolmadtube Yes it is primarily a matter of exposure time. Even working directly with asbestos can be done safely if you limit the exposure. The entire asbestos abatement industry is predicated on that fact.
Fiberglass fibers are inherently different than asbestos fibers. Fiberglass fibers are cylindrical single fibers that shear across the fiber, never lengthwise. Asbestos is always a bundle of fibers that only fractures lengthwise releasing thousands of long fibers. The increase in surface area compared to fiberglass is exponential. Because they won't shear across the fiber, asbestos fibers catch on lung tissue causing irritation and can't be expelled. The irritation causes the alveoli to close around the fibers compounding the problem. Fiberglass, on the other hand, does shear, can be expelled and the alveoli don't close around the fibers. The key thing to remember though is the expelling of the fibers takes time. If you don't limit the exposure time, your body never has enough time to expel the fibers. Limit the exposure time and you limit the risk.
I spend the last couple of days "talking" to christians and creationists... i understand a rant about irrationality very very good at this point. Holy craps.
Its annoying to see people go beserk over stuff like asbestos. Indeed like looking at it means you have stage 20 cancer. When in reality you need to inhale the dust from it and then you have a possible chance of getting cancer. Ofcourse be carefull... but goddman people can be stupid.
having worked in a fiberglass muffler factory and a tungsten carbide factory its a toss up but i ain't getting out alive. and now i need to wear a mask while i sleep just to be "safe"'.
The problem is that polymer fibers from our clothing is soft and the asbestos and fiberglass is like a flying knife, which lands into your lungs and keeps stabbing you.
My mattress was polyurethane foam and after opening the cover mattres it released fiberglass
@@jasmincastro5757did you die?
Yeah, pretty sure what is in most of our clothing isn't good for us at all either.
@@jasmincastro5757 Fiberglass is not good for us either
Resent studies have discovered just the asbestos is the big problem because the fibers are so small they get inhaled all the way into the lungs and there is a hook like a fishing hook on these fibers and your body can't dissolve them. Other fibers like glass your lungs get rid of that after a few days or weeks.
When it's my clothes in the dryer, there's very little lint. When it's the kids' clothes, the trap is loaded. I finally realized it's because they wear NEW clothes, and I don't!
Irrationality rules! Once upon a time, I worked on equipment used to make measurements in high energy physics research. We used tiny little radioactive sources, Cesium 137, encased in plastic disks in testing some of the equipment. Unless you ate one or taped it to your body, it was more dangerous eating lunch outdoors on a sunny day than it was working with them. They were still stored in a lead container. The test dept. manager was somewhat freaked out about them, so he brought in a bunch of cinder blocks and built a wall around the lead container. A few days later one of the physicists noticed it and asked why it was there. When he heard the reason, he laughed a while before he informed the guy that he was getting more natural radiation from the pile of cinder blocks than he was from the sources.
....you should build an elevator just so we can hear the follow-up video.
That's the final staw, I'm building a fibreglass elevator!
Jay, you saw that one coming from a mile off :)
Perhaps a collaborative effort. I'm sure the three of you have enough capacity to build us a Wonkavator.
@@IBuildItScrapBin Indeed.
@@DIYBuilds
Don't breath the straw.
I just filter it all through a cigarette. Takes all the dangerous stuff out.....lol.
Been doing this for 50 years and it works like a charm. I’ve only got one lung after the other was taken because of cancer! If it didn’t work, how could I live with one lung??
Why you! How dare you say that? 😂
Lmfaooooo
This is so true lmao, the filter on a cigarette is made with finger glass xD
;-)))
The biggest problem with fibre glass are the sharp fibres that can penetrate the skin causing irritation.
@@SiiNTi check packaging
Learned that one the hard way I can feel my skin itching already just thinking about it, I try to avoid fibreglass as much as possible nowadays
Corning engineers once thought they could increase the insulation value of fiberglass by making the strands thinner. The size they came up with ended up being similar to asbestos. They quickly abandoned the project when it was found that the new strand diameter caused cancer just like asbestos.
One reason that the dangers of asbestos was denied for so long is that the material is chemically inert; it doesn't react with anything so how could it possibly be reacting with people's lungs?
It turned out that the problem was mechanical. The tiny asbestos fibers would stack together in lungs in such a way that it caused irritation. Same thing with the super-fine fiberglass.
And super fine silica on the beach of a desert island would also be a problem...I'd go anyway.
This is correct information.
How come we have zero natural protection against tiny fibers like this when occurs naturally in all kinds of dust? Has humans just kept on getting cancer from dust exposure since the dawn of time?
John, I hate to disagree but the danger from dust from anything is it’s particle size. If small enough it is respirable. The size that is hazardous Is typically sub 0.5 micron which is below the size the human eye can see. Being be able judge the risk solely by what you can see is not correct. I do agree with you that in place and undisturbed there is no risk.
"There is no evidence that fiberglass causes cancer in people. Animal studies have shown an increased risk of cancer when fiberglass fibers were implanted in the lung tissue of rats, but these studies are controversial because of how the fibers were implanted."
Well.
That's good news!
@Mladen Joncevski You would probably have to kill the animal and dissect its lungs to make sure it the fiberglass stuck. Just a guess.
On the topic of that, there was a study saying something similar from the 90s. The scientist believed that it’s unlikely that the mechanism by which the animals developed cancer is different then it would be in humans, aka humans would probably get cancer too because animals can and we are animals ourselves.
I know someone who has been working with fiber glass for 30 years and he told me if I think fiber glass causes problems on the outside. Imagine what it does on the inside, He told me his lungs where in great condition now the damage that's done is all that fiber glass that's inside his body. I seen it and felt it with my own eyes the damage it does when those particles gets inside you. Itching everywhere even small cuts on your skin, if you sweat this work will be hell because you can't wipe the sweat away without getting all over you. I think there's a reason they sent me in to do a physical before I started the job. I believe doctors are paid off because fiber glass is needed just like other materials that they claimed wasn't harmful,but turned out it was.
Uhhhh yeah there is there boss dawg, you work for these massive corporations don't you?! Ahhh you can't fool me Sonny boy, this guy literally just tried to say that this stuff doesn't and can't cause cancer! I just spit out my chocolate milk,my frosty,my cornbread,my 3 musketeers and ALL my turnip greens all in 1 SPLOOSH!! 💦💦💦💦💦🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢
Unfortunately I had an awful experience with fiberglass, I had a skin reaction, this lead me to anxiety , my mother died because of absestos. I threw what I could , removed the insoluation with a P3 Mask, and disposable suit. And professional cleaning of the carpet. I still have anxiety.
I work grinding fiber glass. I wear my respirator I’m with it for 10 hours 5 days a week. So of course I’m exposed to it. I do think about the fiberglass everywhere but thank god I see old timers that have been there 50 plus years still working and they say they’re doing fine.
Hey Ray, we just moved into a home where I can see the pink stuff in the attic area, are we safe? Also it’s outside where the washer and dryer are.
@@rachelhancock6833 pink panther uh huh. Just don't break the fibers and rub them on ya. If you smell anything, It is from a leaky roof or some equipment. Or a squirrel having a blast.
Wouldn't want to breathe in water. That can kill you in minutes
Respect
At first, I called bullshit. But I always do my research, as I'm a skeptic and follow the science. You are actually partially right - I would never imagine that the glass fibers dissolve in the lungs. Here is what MedicalNewsToday says on the issue:
"Fiberglass exposure can cause temporary eye, skin, lung, and nose irritation as well as stomach discomfort. Inhaling long fibers can also lead to lung injuries.
However, compared to ceramic fibers, fiberglass dissolves rapidly in lung fluid, so this may be less of a risk.
In 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer found no evidence that fiberglass exposure increases the risk of cancer in humans.
However, preliminary studies did show sufficient evidence for the carcinogenic potential of glass fibers and glass wool in animals.
Scientists need to carry out more research to determine if fiberglass may be carcinogenic in humans."
You should look at the flammability of the lint, it will burn easily with a flame which the glass fibre won’t. I know people who save the lint from their dryer for starting fires. In the UK there have been problems with dryers setting on fire because the lint traps haven’t been cleaned often enough.
To be honest I can’t look at glass fibre without felling itchy 😂
It's not about dust particles, and from the dryer are mostly clothing fibers.
The problem are fibers 150 time's thinner than human hair inorganic origin that cell's that clean the alveoli in our lounge's can't clean.
While trying to clean those fibers unable to clean them they leak toxin in our alveoli causing damage.
I very gently handled the loft insulation in my friend's attic to check the electrics and pipework it was lying on. I immediately had skin reactions and coughing and retching fits. I thought it was Rockwool or some fibreglass matting. It was kind of falling apart and clumping in many places. It felt instinctively dangerous. Surely fibres that can cause such a reaction are harmful when inhaled - or do these "sharp materials" dissolve in your lungs? I am asking this question in all seriousness. I'd appreciate some suggestions. Thanks.
No it does not dissolve anywhere. This is corporate coverup. It should be banned. It contains toxic chemicals too.
There are macrophages in the lungs that break down these fibers. Asbestos is thin enough that it disrupts the macrophages and they become cancerous.
Fiber glass can remain in the lungs for around a year. Rockwool can remain for 6 to 8 months. I'm not sure about synthetic fibers, but if I had to guess it might be a few weeks.
I’m not sure if cloth is an effective barrier. The particle size, when I looked at mineral wool anyway, was under .0004 centimeters. You would need the fabric equivalent of an m95 mask to cover that. The tiniest particles in fiber glass are much smaller than you can see with the naked eye.
But I bet you wore a cloth mask to "protect" you from a virus, though, right?
@@IBuildItScrapBin no, my fathers an ER doctor so I new early on they don’t do anything. Cloth masks do nothing, a properly sealed and fitted n95 helps maybe 12% against covid, if that.
What about the AC …. What happens if the AC duct is ripped and exposed and blowing it through the house ?!
BUT JOHN. . . surely if I'm careful enough, immortality should be just around the corner???
We're already immortal,our physical body dies here on this earth but our souls live on for eternity in the afterlife, now there are obviously 2 different places we can spend eternity and the second 1 isn't somewhere we wanna wind up without a relationship with OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN HEAVEN and definitely NOT forever where the pain, torture and suffering NEVER ends!! People don't grasp the concept of that part,it NEVER ends!!!
He made me just the way I am and he's gonna punish me for ETERNITY? Sounds like he made us for his own amusement@@LONEWOLF-rq5tl
My grandad worked with asbestos his whole life he is 80 and is fine and healthy
Yeah!!! It's also a great snack when I'm hungry! Yummy yummy asbestos!
Well when you cut out the insulation the glass fibers go into the air and cut up your lungs when breathed in causing lung scarring. Most people don’t wear masks dealing with the fiberglass insulation. I just don’t understand why they can’t find an a safer alternative. If I get itchy from fiberglass cutting my skin up by tiny particles of glass touching it imagine what it does to your lungs where you can’t just rub it off. Lint doesn’t have glass particles you don’t get itchy from that two completely different things.
I've heard the fiberglass gets lodged in the lungs, you can't get it out and it and causes tissue damages. I would do more research before downplaying the dangers of this material
If only it were that simple. But it isn't, there's so much more to it than just the amount of time exposed to something. Modern glass fibres are usually treated to keep them together better. If you ever come in to physical contact with older, raw fibreglass fibres, without any protection, you'll know about it because it causes severe itching. It's a bit like nettle stings. If it gets in your nose, throat or eyes, you'll soon regret it.
I've worked in industrial coatings from water towers and bridges to food plant flooring. The problem with airborne particulates of the inorganic variety is that the body has no natural way to get rid of the buildup in the lungs. Hence silicosis of the lungs or coal miners lung. There is some really nasty stuff out there and the chronic effects can lead to cancer so just be aware of what you're working with. Do a little research and protect yourself. So again, safety 3rd.
Can I do this?
How will I do it?
Is it safe?
I see this comment is probably getting thumbed up by the irrational viewers thinking it validates their irrational thinking. But no one got silicosis from 2 minutes of exposure to concrete cutting. And no one developed black lung from walking past a coal mine. It's all about exposure time.
Lungs have a natural way to get rid of particles. Its called mucous. When you breathe in particles faster than the lungs can expel, then you get sick.
Some particles are harder to get out than others. It's not the poison that kills you, it's the dosage. People (or the media that informs busy people) ignore this fact.
So because fiberglass and shirts are both man made, they are both safe. Excellent argument brah
There has lately been people complaining about fibreglass in mattresses what is your take on that.
The main thing to focus on is concentration, particle size, exposure, and safety precautions.
Yea well I have glass fibers coming out of my mattress and it’s making me sick.
I agree that sometimes folks lose site of the facts when it comes to safety. That said I don’t think all fibreglass insulation is created equal. Due to the pandemic and some extra time I have been finishing our basement. Two weeks ago I got to the point of installing receptacles on the exterior basement walls that the home builder had framed, insulated/vapour barrier back in 2013. I opened up the vapour barrier and removed the bottom batts to run wire and mount the receptacle boxes. I then split the batts so the wire would be in the middle of the batts. This crappy insulation kicked up a cloud of fibreglass particles like I’ve never seen before. Even though I wore a respirator I broke out with an allergic reaction. That night the dog broke out with a reaction as well. We had a $300 vet bill to find out that the dog just needs Benadryl...LOL. So a couple days later with a half finished job I remembered one of your videos about a home built shop air cleaner. I ran over to CDN Tire and picked up the biggest 3M furnace filter and a box fan. I taped the two together and used that as a hobo air cleaner. I managed to suck it up and finish the job without the rest of the house getting sick. It’s all sealed back up now and the air is clear. We are now installing safe n sound in the basement ceiling with no issues whatsoever. It makes me wonder where the home builder got that original insulation from, over seas maybe.
Geez, glass does not decompose, cotton does not, polyester breaks down eventually. Duhh.
Okay. I have to thank you for this information because I am planing on making fiberglass composite objects and I was a little woried about breathing it in.
But: 1. Your lungs clean themselves of dust naturally.
2. Dirt dust, cement, house dust, hay dust is not bad therefore glass fiber also can' do much harm. Chemically speaking fiber glass is safer to breathe in than those above.
3. You breathe in SO MUCH dust daily that it really doesnt matter...
Yeah woodworking. Especially the finish milling. A good respirator will keep you less miserable for longer. I wear a cheap poly mask (blue) when I mow the yard and sometimes I rub some water around the whole thing. My throat doesn't even get sore anymore. I'd be stopping just to have a cough session. Common sense people. If dust is disturbed, wear a mask and maybe don't rub it on ya.
Hot tip: fiberglass is used to make many "plastic" items on cars. GF66 PA30. Poly amide Nylon and GLASS filled 66%. Nissan can really get you if you lean on the radiator support.
Another question is about the size of the fibers. As smaller they are, the worse. So, for example, if you're cutting carbon fiber in your CNC the pieces are the smaller possible, so the worse possible. (That's why they cut carbon fiber under the water.)
Now, when you deal with fiberglass with your own hands... It can't be that bad.
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Exactly, it's the respirable fraction (particles that are small enough that they penetrate your lungs) that is of interest. Fibers are made as such: fibers - which means that on a microscopic scale, they are relatively long. And also what matters is what the particles are made up from. Silicon in the glass, for instance, is bound in an aluminosilicate glass structure, so the silicon is next to chemically inert, so not able to cause sililoscis.
Logical fallacy: visible dust is the only and most dangerous dust
Hey John, double check the hard drive. If it's just a matter of your computer not recognizing it, then it may be a just driver issue. If you can hear it try to spool up and make clicking noises, then it's bad.
Dude, do global nonwarming and chemtrails.
We're you aware that all clothing lint is actually spontaneously combustible ?
on the desert island you are inhaling sand which is bad you would have to make a man made island that is all metal or marble or something, no joke though a marble island would be kinda bussin'
I'm guessing the folks giving you grief about the fiberglass have no idea what their houses are insulated with?
Yes but having insulating your house and working with it are very different levels of exposure.
Where's that island?
Bombs,house,water, nothing can filter,poly.dust ? How can it get in skin?
We've had just installation up with no wallboard for 3 years now in a 1/2 built house. Until fairly recently when you walked in the house all you could see were fibers in the air floating around... My boyfriend used to go in there and sleep :( I'd find him on a regular basis mouth open drawing very heavy breaths, as he's a bad snorer... At this time I would only go in wearing a mask! By the way he also works with concrete dust on a regular basis for his job, sans mask. I've heard once you breathe a fiber in, it can take 10 years to cause a growth. Should I just leave him now? I told him hes likely to die of lung cancer...and I'm serious. 🤔
I do like the idea of shaving my body and moving to an island with a hot chick .
after your video
now im going to wear a mask everytime i wear clothes, especially t-shirts
. . . . .
I was under my house for three hours with fiberglass and dust and I forgot to wear a mask. AM I GONNA DIE?! I only coughed about 10 minutes.
Yes
@@barrington2716 still alive buddy
All that dust is going to sit in your lungs. And irritation only gets worse with age. Fiberglass sticks in your lungs.
I keep asking myself if asbestos and fiberglass are dangerous, why they use it in a fire blanket?
It's not only the size and shape of the fibre that makes it harmful. The time the body needs to remove the fiber plays an important role. Generally speaking: The longer a substance remains in the body, the higher the risk of damage. Modern rock wool and its fibers do not remain in the body long enough to cause lasting damage. In addition, modern rock wool is biosoluble in the human lungs. It is not good to inhale anything except air. But the risk of becoming seriously ill is less than some people think.
I hate fiberglass because it makes me itch - I've fitted loads of it, it stinks, and I hate it. In my shed build I went to the expense of getting sheep's wool with a bit of polyester. Smells like a flock, but no itch.
I hold my breath to clean my dryer because there’s lint dust everywhere. I keep vacuuming it off the dryer but it comes back. Idk how to get rid of it. I thought the dryer in our rental was messed up because I’ve never had this problem with a dryer before
Hi, I just bought acoustic panels which are rock wool. Fabric with wooden frame and back. As far as I know rock wool is common in recording studios, any advice if it’s safe?
Wow, I wasn't even aware there was a zealous safety thing regarding fiberglass 🙄.
That said, asbestos, if you work with it without a respirator, is really nasty stuff.
His correct but if your work in HVAC or installers need to wear mask due to disturbing the insulation.
I have but one wish to fulfill before I'm taken out by climate, covid or fiberglass ... and that's to sit down and have a beer (or 3), with you! Good grief, that would be epic!
I’ll buy the first round if I can join. Oh maybe a case as no pubs are open in the uk
After putting fibre glass wool Ito a loft for insulation my skin is irritated as hell, but I can wear a polyester or wool sweater all without irritation. I’ll still use glass fibre wool when required, but I’ll continue to use tight fitting long sleeve clothes and a mask of some sort while working with it for prolonged periods. Life has risks, but careful proportionate precautions can significantly reduce the level,of many of those risks. It’s not exactly rocket science.
It amazes me how many people prefer to live in fear of what might hurt them, take every precaution, and live to be 90, only to spend the last 20 years in a nursing home bed. Personally, having an interesting life and suddenly dropping dead by age 70 sounds more appealing.
Smoking was harmless once too.
I worked in the electricity distribution industry for 40 years working with voltages and switchgear up to 11kv and we were always told that driving to the job, sometimes even walking across the field to the gear, was the most dangerous part of our job.
However this was mainly because we had a set of safety rules and policies to follow when working with electricity and electrical equipment.
Inhaling Fibre glass and asbestos particles WILL lead to very serious lung diseases later in life, particularly if you’re a smoker.
Best to try not to do it eh?
One cigarette will not lead to lung cancer. It is all about exposure like John said.
I was with you up until the last line where you headlined "WILL". Exposure - amount and duration is the single largest variable and the one you ignored.
This is why the c-1984 is still going so strong. People just have an irrational fear of things that are not based on any facts.
John, the thing with the hot chicks on the island thing is, once you ROOOAAARRR you'll have post nut clarity and you'll just get irritated by them and want to go do your own thing but you're stuck on an island with them so in reality your life will be shorter not greater.
I got a little itchy each time you picked up the pink stuff. It never occurred to me to think you were about to keel over from cancer.
What insulating material would you recommend if one is going to be within 2 feet from it? spaceloft-aerogel , XPS, HempWool, rockwool?
I'd like to mount an insulator on a piece of cardboard/styrofoam/balsa-wood and use it on my sauna door. Since it will be very close to me, and exposed to high-temperatures, I'm concerned of it giving off any VOCs or particles that may not be the best to breathe.
Don’t use fiberglass or rock wool!
I used to cut and install thermal fiberglass insulation for heated appliances at work for 2.5 years. No PPE except for safety glasses. No respiratory protection. I’m only 32 years old and I fear I’m gonna pay the piper on this. Tracked the fibers into my brand new car & into my home as well, being it was on my work clothing. Nasty stuff. And it’s virtually impossible to clean. I don’t know what to do.
i was shaving down a fishing rod with a pocket knife to fix an old rod, than i remember "oh i think i need a mask or something" there was some fiber glass residue on the knife and im paranoid, should i be worried?
Good video! Do you recommend using foil faced fiberglass insulation to insulate a van build on a MB 144 sprinter? Is it safe or hazardous though behind covered walls of van? I’m worried about sleeping living in the van with this insulation inside the walls of the van. Thanks man.
Don’t use it! He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
I had always thought that our lungs are "designed" to cope with dust being inhaled (but I would say this is more on the side of "opinion" than fact).
Once inside us, dust either has to be expelled (coughed out as phlegm) or broken down chemically.
Problems arise when:
a. It is entering faster than we can get rid of it
b. It is breaking down into materials which cause problems
c. It can't break down or be expelled.
Asbestos falls into group c because it doesn't break down and is spikey and gets firmly embedded.
I am pretty sure normal lint is easily expelled or broken down.
It is the same with radiation - our bodies are equipped to deal with low doses of radiation - as we have evolved to manage natural background radiation from the earth and space.
The problems arise when the radiation damage occurs faster than then it can be dealt with.
( So, as you say John, it isn't black and white - none of these things are universally bad - they just need to be managed)
No the lungs job is gas exchange the only real “air filter” our bodies have is the hairs and mucus in our nostrils
The materials have different properties. Some materials will be broken down by a human body or easily expelled (easily pass through digestion, or coughed out). Some materials will snag and create damage like asbestos. Some materials may even caused DNA damage.
Fiberglass causes DNA damage according to studies I have read.
I wall fell on me i was wearing a dress and the fluffy fiberglass stuff instead the wall got all over me. I was just researching because im itching and sting
You got a clean up video? Is covering my whole floor
I made the mistake of not wearing my dust mask, or having any dust collection - once - while sawing up Eastern Red Cedar - the "red" part does fun stuff to your sinuses when "atomized" as very fine dust floating in the air...
Not to be outdone, I did the same sort of thing a couple years later while flattening the sole of a Stanley No. 4 plane on my 6x48 running an 80 grit belt (in other words, rather fine dust) and was blowing black gunk out of my nose for a few days... though it changed from black to rusty brown over time until it cleared up...your sinuses are moist, acidic, and full of lots of oxygen in various forms.
Lungs full of the various sorts of dust we create in the shop are not desirable - wear a mask. Run air cleaners. etc
(don't give John a hard time since he has to talk to US while working !!)
Molecularly fibber glass is so much riskier to breathe in. Polyester doesn’t pose much as for as inhiliation unless it’s shredded
I hear the message, and I promise I will stop using my table saw in a car going to the corner store, while wrapped in a comforter..... I mean really, it's 70 out, I can make that cut without the comforter.... As long as I keep the windows down to blow the dust out. :)
"If you live on a deserted island, you can be eaten by a tiger or lion or bitten by a poisonous snake" said the scaredy-cat :-D
Modern fiberglass insulation is treated with something that helps it stay together. The old stuff is what gets you. Taking it out looks like party with a bunch of glitter in the air, the 'forbidden glitter' if you will. Some pretty nasty itchy stuff that is, especially once it gets in your clothes. In the end it's not about "oh sh*t oh f*ck", it's more about "meh, i'd prefer to not cough/itch so i'll put on the PPE".
@@SiiNTi yes
I work with it 24/7
Imagine all the sand dust you would breathe in on that desert island :-O
is this the the same fiberglass in drop ceiling fiberglass tiles. also this stuff makes me itchy unlike clothing
whats the point in having a hepa hooverbag if I have to open the fucking thing up before we throw it away. My woman never hovers but when she does, money, socks, cutlery, stupid firestick remote. The cat fucking runs behind me if she's hoovering. Always carry a knife to get out. But she doesn't use the floor attachment, always the fucking nozzel.
Johnny keepin' it real.
better make sure those chicks on the island are bald too ! 😂
That's not fiberglass... That's fiberglass based insulation, real fiberglass is much much much much worse. I am a very seasoned, professional fiberglass engineer.
I was mad that my washed towel and clothes were covered in lint. So I shook them hard when I got out the shower in the bathroom. Lint was everywhere in the air. I didn't care and kept shaking them hard and breathing hard. 2 days later I now have a louder constraint breath and when I exercised my lungs hurt as if I ran a long time without stopping.
If you are unhappy wearing gloves when installing fiberglass, coat your hands LIGHTLY with petroleum jelly. it make it easy to wash off the tiny particles.
I think psychologically; it's about control. The risk of injury and death might be higher when driving to the hardware store compared to using a table saw. In your own shop, you have a lot of control of your table saw and how you use it. Not so with a car, the other drivers, traffic and traffic lights, the weather, meteors and so on. So it's easier to think and obsess over the saw and estimate the risk. You don't think about, what you don't know.
I believe your statement about air being safe to breathe is incorrect- history has proven that every organism that breathes air will eventually die. Not everything is as bad relatively speaking as they say.
The 20% of oxygen in air causes oxidative damage to cells
@@raul0ca Let's ban it.
@@jeffreythompson9549 At the very least it should require a CA Prop 65 sticker...but how to attach it?
Hear! Hear!
Just stand downwind from a construction site on a windy day!! Breath deeeeep.
100% fiberglass is safe once installed and unless you work with it for a living you probably have nothing to worry about, but Exposure is only part of it, but particle size and makeup are part of it also. Very small particles of very hard to expel materials are the things that cause silicosis, mesothelioma, farmer's lung & miner's lung
Exposure time is the biggest factor, not just any old one. If you have zero exposure time, regardless of the particle size, you have zero risk. That goes for the deadliest of substances.
@@IBuildItScrapBin yes, but in comparing two dissimilar airborne contaminants for the risk of lung injury you also have to account for the exposure time of the lung tissues not just the amount of time you are actively breathing it. fine harder to expel materials have a longer exposure time in contact with lung tissue for the same amount of time spent breathing the same amount of the contaminant as larger, or dissolvable materials that your lungs are better able to remove.
@@IBuildItScrapBinwhat about if u work with it for a living (like i do)?
Fiberglass sucks!!! Whyyyyyy it's STILL MADE idk
I was too scared to watch the video. Just thinking about fiberglass can kill you. Just kidding. Civilization needs to man up!
So You're not a Samsung fan either. Good concepts, but they tend to bring products to market too soon , with design faults becoming apparent after a while. Expensive Fridge/freezer and TV failures with us. No more Samsung.
Don't minimize asbestos., there have been single exposures that have caused death from asbestos.
If there have been (which I very strongly doubt) they have been rare in the extreme. If you take the rarest of rare outcomes as the basis for operating, you may as well stay in the womb never to be born into such inescapably dangerous world.
I get comments from people all the time stating assumption, conjecture, and intuition as fact without anything to back it up. Next time you think about leaving a comment like the one you did try this: research it to find the proof.
Chances are you will not find solid proof to back up what you said and therefore save yourself the time it takes to make the comment and as a bonus you might actually learn something.
Also worth watching a video like this twice to make sure you fully understand what's being said. I didn't "minimize" asbestos, I just put the risk it presents in perspective.
@@IBuildItScrapBin Furthemore if you follow the data on synthetic vitreous fibers the data is pretty clear. It can be harmful if the criterias are met. Tons of data out there, be safe!
Samsung HDDs in my experience are garbage reliability, I've seen far too many fail after a year or so of domestic use I simply refuse to install them anymore.
i had a mattress from zinus that leaked fiberglass all over my house. I have been breathing it and been coming contact with it for more than 6 months. Can i recover or is there permanent damage? please help me.
I've been sleeping on my mattress covered in fiberglass for maybe 2 years and I never knew until today.
@@123gamixtv5 do you have eczema?
@@goodnightmoon4703 no but I kept getting very sick and it was hard for me to breath
@@123gamixtv5 same here dude. It’s so messed up. If they advertised that the beds have fiberglass in them no one would buy them. I can’t believe a 300 dollar mattress caused so much trouble for people. I would’ve paid thousands instead of having to go through this /: I had to toss almost everything I owned. I even sold my car and had to move out of my last place. Clean it up asap and make sure to get a air filter in your room. The fiberglass dust gets picked up in the air and will enter your lungs and skin and it will never leave. I’m sorry bro I’ve been going thru the same situation
@@goodnightmoon4703 I think it's too late my lungs are probably already messed up and I'm only 14 never knew what fiberglass was.
When removing the dryer lint, did you post a Proposition 65 Warning about dryer lint may cause cancer, death, and other unspeakable things to Californians?
Canadian lint is known to cancer to cause the state of California.
Hi John, yes I have seen the documentary about a town called asbestos, the kids play making sand castle with it but the elder in charge of the village (in the good old USSR) is a staggering twenty nine years old and not likely to reach thirty. The inhabitants of the village were amazed that anyone could live until fifty (the age of one of the camera operators) and could not understand why the documentary team were all kitted out like spacemen. It is really bad to breath in the fibres but encapsulated in concrete it is quite safe. Fiberglass on the other hand is an irritant if you use it and get the fibres in the pores of your skin, most problem with fiberglass is from washing in warm or hot water, that just makes it worse you should wash in cold water.
Everything is slowly killing us why live?
I don't care- I still hate it and refuse to work with it.
Lols at 2:30 no cap that is kinda humorous to imagine a linty person without even clothes to HAVE dust
Make a video wearing a sweater made from fiberglass and rant about about the danger of polyester insulation 🙃
but use Corning's "ecofiber" stuff - it itches less.
I enjoy listening to your rants as they make sense in the nonsensical world that we live in. Keep them coming 👍
Now you see there's good asbestos and bad asbestos.....
Love the content!
must say- you look like John Goodman if he kept his dayjob.