Pay Attention to Books ' Deadly Dust Relationship of Lung Cancer and Heart Attack to Library Books ' Dust By

When you open a dusty book, an air current is created which pushes up the dust accumulated on and in the books directly to your nose. There are no other normal cases that you blow dust in your nose by yourself. Since dust particles can be very harmful, in this article we study the hazards and the solutions of this problem. There are no studies done for libraries, however, we can come to some conclusion by using the information of the pollution risk in other related environments. This study reveals that the librarians who work with dusty books are in real health danger. The range of risks varies from lung cancer and heart attack to chronic asthma, allergy problems, depression, nervous problems, esthetic problems of skin etc. They should be considered workers at high risk and be protected by law. The existing standards are not enough to protect the librarians and new studies should be conducted to create new standards. Here is a scientific approach for understanding and solving these problems