I am not losing too much sleep over this but I wondered if anyone had encountered hazardous material while breaking down scrap. Asbestos sheets in toasters are pretty common, I stick them in a garbage bag, but I wondered if anyone knows if some older wire has asbestos insulation?
Once in a while I have gotten some smelly oil coming out of parts, not just gear oil or whatever. I try to dispose of it properly.
I read about some very poor people in Brazil that lived off a city dump. they took apart a machine for metal that turned out to be a dentist's xray machine with stuff that glowed in the dark in it! Some people and kids died.
Don't expect anything like that but just wondered if anyone had any experiences.
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