Reno - I do not buy into most of the BS that the media pumps out either. Unfortunatly they are not the only informants/players in all of this. Please take the time to look at Buggabrens link to the CDC NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). Place the word Vermiculite in the search. Here is the very first paragraph you will find:
Vermiculite has been an established commercial commodity for well over 50 years, and is currently used throughout the world. Vermiculite ore mined near Libby, Montana, which accounted for more than half the worldwide production of vermiculite from 1925 to 1990, was contaminated with asbestos and asbestos-like fibers. Workplace exposure to these fibers caused a serious health problem in local miners and millers, as well as some downstream workers. Mining stopped at the mine near Libby in 1990. However, concerns remain about health effects from environmental and other occupational exposures to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite, especially vermiculite that has been installed as loose-fill insulation in homes and other buildings.
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