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My first job was with a pharmaceutical manufacturer, I wouldn't go back to those type of institutions, healing materials need to be handled way differently.

I don't think I would do very well working for an oil company either but I did end up in oilfield services for a while, even though my motivation is completely toward alternative energy.

One of the interesting things I noticed was that the toxic atmosphere of the refinery enviromnent began to be abated quite a bit earlier than the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1990, largely due to the newer oil company employees being more aware of their position in a lucrative industry which could actually afford to operate more cleanly. To the extent the more environmentally-aware employees have had an impact, in hindsight it appears to be more effective than the actual regulations were.

You should have smelled it before.

And I know what kind of materials I am smelling.

Sometimes more effective change can be made from the inside.