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Re: 1956 Senior Front Brake Shoes

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by ineffabill on 2011/4/4 13:12:33

I'd imagine that alot of the dust exposure from servicing brakes is less nasty than handling asbestos pipe insulation day in - day out. Another factor is that most mechanics are individuals working in small private shops

You'll hear more about 400 workers filing a class action lawsuit over asbestos health problems vs. ol' Bob the retired mechanic who has "taken ill".

...and there were more than a few 'ol Bill-the-mechanics who stayed well and lived long, although not that many, in my experience. I think the continual exposure to liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons was more likely to do them in early. At least that's the way it seemed around my hometown in the '60s and '70s. Mechanics rarely seemed to live much past their late 50s. So my dad, maybe expecting the worst, retired at 62 and lived to be 82. You never know.

Interesting sidelight-- a fair number of women who have never worked with asbestos have died of lung problems related to it-- because their husbands worked with it in uncontrolled conditions. (They washed their contaminated clothes.)

Posted on: 2011/4/4 23:51

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