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		kryogen1c 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Asbestosis > men in their 40s who worked in the dioxin plant looked like they were in their 80s. Many hard-working people died young there There are still pockets of this. In the big US Navy shipyards, the exotic metals welders are not known for living very long.

ryukoposting 31 days ago | [–]

Hah, funny, my grandfather actually left the Navy shipyards to go to Dow. He was also one of the folks who went on strike in 1974:

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/947016

https://www.ourmidland.com/lifestyles/article/Throwback-Dow-...

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/02/archives/50-pickets-at-do...

armonster 31 days ago | [–]

A quick google search didn't return anything on this for me, do you have any additional details you could pass along?

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