The Wrap Removal Industry Has a Chemical Problem

by Zach Connell, Brothers Chemical

Back Then, We Didn’t Know Better

My first job was pumping xylene into 8-ounce cans in the back of my grandfather’s chemical warehouse. I was twelve. Maybe child labor laws were looser then, or maybe he just ignored them. The pay was fair, and he’d buy my lunch, so I didn’t complain. It wouldn’t have done me any good if I had.

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