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[nachoman]

Ah... but you are forgetting one important link - lawyers. You are absolutely right, that PCBs in a sealed transformer are more than likely not going to hurt someone. But, should some former museum worker, or a neighborhood kid get cancer, and the layer can find one teeny tiny leak in the GG1 transformer, it is all over. Why? These railroad museums are usually non-profit and cannot afford to defend themselves against a shark lawyer out for $$$. Same is true with asbestos. A lot of asbestos is harmless. And most of the danger from asbestos comes during mining, installation, or removal. If it is sealed up in a building, the danger is minimal. But, due to the bad PR with that mineral, places would rather pay for the costly removal than wind up with a lawsuit from someone that gets sick.