In article F%JCg.5029$AF1.1425@trndny03,
"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:


Many mechanics are exposed to brake linings. That has been pretty much
dismissed as a cause. McQueen would have been dead from it whether or not
he had tile floors. Stripping asbestos off of pipes can be a problem as it
wil release some fine particles. Asbestos is not a cause for panic. Like
anything else, common sense and education, not histeria, is the way to
handle the siduation.

He also smoked like a chimney which has a well establish additive
effect to even low levels of asbestos expsoure.