I was being somewhat facetious. Well, not entirely, given the hysteria surrounding the second hand smoke issue, but it is an environment that people are exposed to and they cannot make the conscious choice not to enter.
And again, take off one of your rims and take a look at the insides compared to the outside. Take a screwdriver and scrape some off and see how thick and nasty it is, and then think about how those fibers are floating around you the next time you're standing on a busy street corner waiting for the light to change.
Now I'm not saying that I want to outlaw brakes, I really like a heathy set of discs to haul me down from 80~100mph and I don't care if I'm getting a dose of those fibers or not. The world is full of crap floating around in the air.
I figure if it don't kill me, it will only make me stronger. If if I'm not able to stand the many irritants around as well, then I probablly pass along some better resistance to my kids.
That adaptive evolution thing.
Nature's funny that way.
"Now I'm not saying that I want to outlaw brakes, I really like a heathy set of discs to haul me down from 80~100mph and I don't care if I'm getting a dose of those fibers or not. The world is full of crap floating around in the air."
But you can no long choose to use better more heat resistant brakes that include high levels of asbestos because you wouldn't just be assuming a risk for yourself - you would be putting others at risk.
I think the whole city should be in a bubble with a massive filtration system...then we will all be "Healthy" Ha Ha! Then a huge Comet smashes right into it....oops! So much for good planning