Comment by kragen
2 years ago
imagine if we'd had these people around in the neolithic; it's well-known that potters often came down with silicosis from exposure to the silica in their clay bodies
they would have banned pottery
also isn't concrete technically 'engineered stone'
i'm puzzled how breathing granite dust instead of so-called engineered stone dust is supposed to be better for you
My guess is that evolution in general has adapted on some level to dust from granite. It was around before land based animals. Just like it has adapted to trace quantities of other poisonous and harmful stuff.
Engineered stone might not be exact analogy granite dust, but different in way that prevent these mechanism to be effective.
the studies cited in other parts of this thread found granite dust to be more damaging to lungs, not less so