asbestos-contaminated work clothes

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My dad worked in the old shipyards for thirty years. Every evening, he'd come home in the same dusty coveralls, and my mom would shake them out in the backyard before washing them. Looking back, that gray powder was asbestos. He never thought about the danger, just that it meant steady work and a paycheck for our family.