Originally Posted By: Panzerman
Many towns and municipalities used to use used motor oil to keep dust down and dump it by the tanker load on the fairgrounds near my parents house. I used to flange used oil on our dirt alley by the house growing up to keep dust down. Usually 55 gallon or more. It never killed the grass or trees and the nearby swamp has no shortage of frogs. I think this oil thing is way over thought. Seriously. I watched hundreds gallons of oil be dumped on the bare ground in PA with no ramifications, so you can see my doubts on the worry about oily rags going to a landfill.
Round here the local farmers use waste asbestos cement tiles as road surfacing.
By your logic, since I havn't got mesothelioma (a type of lung cancer) yet, inhaling asbestos dust must be completely safe.
Somehow I don't feel reassured, though.
Many towns and municipalities used to use used motor oil to keep dust down and dump it by the tanker load on the fairgrounds near my parents house. I used to flange used oil on our dirt alley by the house growing up to keep dust down. Usually 55 gallon or more. It never killed the grass or trees and the nearby swamp has no shortage of frogs. I think this oil thing is way over thought. Seriously. I watched hundreds gallons of oil be dumped on the bare ground in PA with no ramifications, so you can see my doubts on the worry about oily rags going to a landfill.
Round here the local farmers use waste asbestos cement tiles as road surfacing.
By your logic, since I havn't got mesothelioma (a type of lung cancer) yet, inhaling asbestos dust must be completely safe.
Somehow I don't feel reassured, though.
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