Am I at risk for breathing silica dust?

Am I at risk for breathing silica dust?

Roy Artal (Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician) gives expert video advice on: Am I at risk for breathing silica dust?; What are the symptoms of silicosis?; If I work with silica dust, can I expose family or friends? and more...

You're not at risk for breathing silica dust unless you're in an occupation or unless you're in an environment where you're exposed to very fine airborne particles of silica. The individuals in this day and age that are most at risk are people in mining professions where they might do underground tunneling or mining, for example individuals who do cutting of stone, masonry work, individuals who do sandblasting, individuals who cut glass, people who work in masonries or foundations where they work with metal and sand and so forth. So those are specific occupations where much of this fine airborne silica, airborne dust, can become airborne and then can be inhaled.