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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials by peteradio on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:11PM (#30152661)
Car brake dust is an extremely potent carcinogen, take care when dealing with them.
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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials by snovv_crash on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:55PM (#30153337)
At least they don't make them from asbestos anymore.

My dad tells me about taking shop class in high school, and they'd be sanding down asbestos brake pads with an angle grinder to remove the high spots to prevent glazing. No masks of course.

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Re:Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials by peteradio on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:17PM (#30157812)
OEM might not be asbestos but aftermarket asbestos containing pad can be bought. Who knows that the material does that's in them today?

I'm generally surprised by what I was exposed to at shop class, not necessarily asbestos but machines that could absolutely wreck a body let loose by a bunch of haphazard children. Blinding lights, kids sticking like 4 inches of iron into a hydraulic cutting machine and hitting go. A girl cut her finger off on a bandsaw.

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