Every time I see someone touch oil or breathe in fumes or dust( or other dirty things), I always see “hes gonna get cancer” in comments. I always kind of just accepted it as truth, but do they actually give you cancer? like how can breathing in some dust make your cells divide weirdly and give you cancer?
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Some kinds of dust, like powdered quartz fragments or asbestos, are highly irritating to the tissue of the lungs. But they can’t be effectively removed by coughing, and they can’t be attacked and destroyed by white blood cells like organic debris. They just stick around, causing inflammation and inducing cells to divide in an attempt to repair the damage.
These kinds of dust can have varying negative effects, including an increased risk of lung cancer.
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