Engine Oil

[Bazile]

Just wondering

I know that used engine oil is carcinogenic
So , if for example you were working on a car and your hands was smeared / had used engine oil on it .
You then ate food using your bare hands without washing your hands / or washing them properley

Would that be enough to cause a problem , in the future ?

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/oil.htm

Anything is possible no matter how remote if you work with something often and don't follow good practice.

[johnk]

If you swallow oil it won't give you lung cancer but it won't do you any good. You have to breathe a carcinogen. Why not wash your hands?

[DTCwordfan]

nope you are okay for the once or twice. The prob in used lubs is the pcb..... If you are a mechanic, then yes you should wear gloves.

Useless info - best (or worst) disposal I have heard of is in Argentina where they use it as a bbq fuel - gives the steak a certain piquancy and no wonder Messi et al are a shade of their past teammates and themselves.

Best disposal is into a waste generator for tricity where it will be burnt at 2000C with residency of >4 secs, the clinker then holds the nasties and that's locked into concrete such as for motorway barriers and kerbs.

[woofgang]

johnk "you have to breathe a carcinogen" Not true.

[Bazile]

I've seen people with used engine oily hands , handling and eating food , hence my question

[Mamyalynne]

Yes they do and I've employed them and given them a rocket - they stopped doing it.

[Voltage]

you gave them lettuce mamya :-) ? lol