{"id":3965,"date":"2020-02-11T09:32:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/absolent.com\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2020-02-11T09:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:36:59","slug":"oil-mist-and-oil-smoke-health-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absolent.com\/it\/blog\/oil-mist-and-oil-smoke-health-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil mist and oil smoke health risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oil mist can be hard to detect, mainly because the particles are extremely small. Let us tell You more about the research that has been made on health risks associated with oil mist and oil smoke arising in industrial processes worldwide.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oil mist and oil smoke \u2013 same size as virus and bacteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To understand the reasons for the health implications we need to start with the particle size. The tiny dust particle you see when the sun shines through a window is a giant in comparison to an oil mist or oil smoke particle. Compared to the diameter of a human hair the oil mist particle is about 20 times smaller. Oil mist is in fact the same size as bacteria and oil smoke ranges in the same size as virus. Sizes we all know are easily inhaled in these Coronavirus times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research has shown that the smaller a particle is, the deeper down into the body it travels. The human respiratory system has long been known to filter the air passing through it. The problem is that the body\u2019s built-in filters, like nose hair and flicker hair, have not been designed to cope with particles of this small size. If the air from the machine tools are not properly filtered or if the extraction is too low these really small particles can escape and follow the inhaled air down into the lungs or even further out, into the blood stream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oil mist implicates our health<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/strong>The World Health Organization (WHO) reports about how serious dirty air is to us humans and  describes it as one of the largest risks associated with premature death. But not only outdoor air need attention. Most of us spend more time at work than what we do outdoors so of course also the air we breathe at work need to be clean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the American \u201cNational Institute for\nOccupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)\u201d around 1.2 million workers in machine\nfinishing, machine tooling, and other metalworking and metal-forming operations\nare potentially exposed to oil mist (https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/topics\/metalworking\/default.html<\/a>), and that is in the United States alone. If we consider the number of workers that are\nexposed to aerosols generated in machining processes across the whole world,\nthe number is of course a lot higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many are the Research reports that show the link\nbetween health implications and occupational exposures from metalworking fluids.\nAmong the most covered and examined respiratory system health problems are:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n