lomapaseo:
Why in God's name would I ever consider blaming some future malady on polluted cockpits? It is you folks living out there in the old colony who have perfected blaming every little thing on someone else and screaming for a lawyer every time you trip on a blade of grass.
When I was a kid, I used to clean the stains off engine cowlings with toluene. I spent 18 years in the RAF cleaning chinagraph boards with CTC. Nobody ever told me that these chemicals were lethal but I seem to have survived the experience quite happily just as I seem to have survived frequent visits to a coal-fired boiler house dripping with asbestos, getting covered in Jet A1, AVGAS and even cow !!!!!.
I have already made the point on a previous discussion on this subject that it would be much more interesting to find out why it is that a very few people DO GENUINELY react badly to fumes. If we knew that, then they could be tested medically before taking up a career in aviation and perhaps directed towards organic farming instead.
If, and when, something goes seriously wrong with my health then I am more likely to put it down to:
1. Old age.
2. My undying support for my local brewery.
3. Smoking, in years gone by.
4. Indiscriminate wick-dipping on a global basis as a younger man.
5. General wear and tear brought about by 50 years of flying.