Hello, but now it's time that I introduce myself. Many talk about me, no one wants to know me or be with me.
But I am also just a... a ... Yes, what or who am I actually?
Well, I am called chromium (VI), but actually I am a chromate, a hexavalent chromium compound, actually I am called calcium chromate (CaCrO4), or sodium chromate (Na2CrO4), or potassium chromate (K2CrO4), since we are among ourselves and nobody reads this blog, let alone comments on it, you can also call me "chromium (VI) compound", just between friends, we know each other somehow, especially if you often handle used insulation materials, i.e. strip them, e.g. inspect turbines. We know each other somehow, especially if you often handle used insulating materials, strip insulation, inspect turbines, or look after engines or combined heat and power plants, i.e. have a lot to do with heat, insulating materials and dust, or work in their vicinity.
(source: Wikipedia)
From time to time you read about me in the press, in the end everyone is afraid of me because I am admittedly not completely harmless.
I'm the black sheep of the family, so to speak. My parents are in the pharmacy, for example. My siblings make sure that everything is nice and "classy," especially on pipes and equipment. And me?
Well, I'm different, I'm just responsible for the unattractive things.
In the meantime, however, I've been found out, they've all done their research and now I'm banned almost everywhere!
I am harmful to health, carcinogenic, mutagenic, yes my sin register is long 😬
You'd better not breathe me in. You don't drop dead and at the beginning you might think what a dusty day, cough a bit and carry on, after all there is dirt allowance. Only, that would be too cheap for me, for destroying your mucous membranes there should be more, I think.
Also be careful with scratches and small wounds, better not let me on it.
But actually I am not there at all. After all, your boss knows it, he has to make sure that I only exist as a small dose, the experts have ensured, after long resistance, that my limit value is one microgram per cubic meter of air, you certainly noticed that when your working conditions changed, when they introduced "social distancing" for heat insulation, at least I hope so, it's not like I want to impose myself.
But don't say I didn't warn you!
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