Jim in addition to carbon dust, there seemed to be alot of ozone in the area of the consoles. Can't help but wonder when I see the effect of ozone on materials exposed to the gas when its used for water purification.
I am not one to defend unsafe working conditions, like the carbon dust we all inhaled, and the dust from cleaning out the furnace, cleaning the overhead lights for inspections. Or walking/standing for hours at a time, but one thing I know for sure that many of us smoked, drank, and partied too much, but at least we were not in a war zone as a "tunnel rat", or are fighting "Agent Orange". Just my thoughts.
CEC
J.A.Daniel Smith said it best when he uttered his famous saying that:
"We drank coffee from Daylight to Dark and we drank alcohol sometimes from Dark to Daylight and most of us had a cigarette with each and every beverage all while having the times of our lives. What do we expect our health to be".
JAD had it right and Chuck's post just reinforces that we had it made and have no right to complain at this stage.