I work in a steel foundry 10-12 hours a day where we melt and pour stainless steel tubes. The pour temperature for some of them is very close to the boiling point of stainless steel (about 3800 degrees) because it has to be VERY liquid for the application we use it. Anyway, it does boil a little and we breath in the vapours which I can assure you ARE indeed vapourized stainless steel (it collects and cools on everything and makes a nice shiny coating). Ok, so to the question, does breathing vapourized stainless steel all day pose a health risk such as cancer? Anyone know? I'm just curious.
I would imagine it's not good. I doubt cancer but I suppose it may be possible. Shouldn't you guys have respirator gear on? Where's OSHA when you need'em? ;)
