Ten bodyshop myths that can take your breath away
Vehicle paint sprayers are 80 times more likely to get asthma than the average worker. 1 in 10 of workers in bodyshops who get asthma from isocyanates are not sprayers.
- Myth:"We use water-based /UV-cured paints, which are isocyanate-free. Anyway, isocyanates are being phased out by 2008"
- Myth:"Modern guns don't mist like the old ones so are much safer"
- Myth:"It won't affect me, I wear a mask"
- Myth:"I work in a booth so the air is kept clear"
- Myth:"I can go in the booth/spray room as soon as the mist has cleared"
- Myth:"It's only a touch-up job, I can do that in the workshop"
- Myth:"Isocyanates cause cancer but so does everything else these days."
- Myth:"Asthma isn't serious – most kids have got it these days"
- Myth:"The biggest problem is absorption through the skin but I wear gloves and an overall"
- Myth:"I've got nothing to worry about, I've had my yearly check-up and it's all clear"
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