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by _3u10 918 days ago
Those fluids are carcinogenic to drink, not to get on your skin.

Don’t be a scold, show the benefit, which is it’s easier to clean up after work.

Also latex gloves cause latex allergies frequently, vinyl gloves can be a good alternative.

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For several years now I cannot wear a wristwatch on my left hand because of a sustained skin reaction to a mixture of automatic transmission fluid and gearbox "oil leak fixer". Don't be an idiot like me, wear the gloves.
Used engine oil is definitely carcinogenic.

https://roadmaponcarcinogens.eu/facts/used-mineral-oils/

Most are carcinogenic to _breathe_
Buna nitrile is the goat
Yes thats it, I was thinking of nitrile not vinyl