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Most mechanics don’t know or don’t care about asbestos
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The government tried for years to warn mechanics of the hazards of asbestos in brakes. But the message didn’t get through to the thousands of grease-streaked neighborhood shops that do brake jobs every day. Most mechanics today either don’t know, or don’t care, about asbestos. During the past four months, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer observed scores of mechanics changing brakes in more than 70 gas stations and auto-repair shops. Some national brake-repair chains and high-end car dealers have pristine work bays, shiny tiled walls, sterile-looking tool bins and asbestos-capturing filter systems. However, most procedures on sick cars get done in smaller garages, under less than operating-room conditions. The mechanics doing the work in these independent shops are largely using obsolete or inadequate techniques, putting themselves at risk. The well-documented danger of asbestos is rarely considered. Asbestos is a killer. It causes asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma – all incurable. Mesothelioma snuffs out life in months. Asbestosis destroys the lungs’ ability to function. Death by slow, agonizing suffocation takes years. More : seattlepi.nwsource.com |
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