Western Norway. The rock here is high in quartzite I hear, maybe that's got something to do with it?

Surely you use mist sprayers during building demolition though? That's where I first saw them.

yeah, i think they are pretty standard for demo work around the world afaik. Very interesting, Germany tends to be hellishly strict on building codes and such, but PPE is seriously lacking over here. It bred the mother of all toxic cavalier attitudes.