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Old 06-15-2023, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by artie View Post
for those of you that have old cans of brake clean around get rid of them
They have found they have something in them that causes Parkinsons Disease
Tri chlorethlene I believe
I saw Princess Auto saying they sell brake clean ethylene free so probably jobers also have some
read the labels


All brake/carb cleaner is far worse than probably anyone on this thread is aware. If you want to hear some info from a chemist read here.

https://alantani.com/index.php?topic=17698.0


The thread is about cleaning and lubricating fishing reel bearings but when he gets into the chemistry you get a free education if you pay attention. The best meat and potatoes is on page two but it’ll only take a couple minutes to read it all.

People are lazy so prob nobody will read the thing but there’s some good info in there and your warning is still valid even if guys want to pretend it’s safe to use because they’ve used it their whole career without noticing adverse health effects.
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