Comments on: California asked to find non-lethal official state rock

By: Perth asbestos

Perth asbestos — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:12:00 +0000

I agree a new rock has to be found, some people might find it insulting and offensive.

By: Fayetteville Painter

Fayetteville Painter — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:42:23 +0000

I am loving the help here. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

By: Ttrent1

Ttrent1 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:57:54 +0000

I am a biologist and a research biochemist specializing in natural occurring (NOA) “asbestos” in California. The legislature is a day late (meaning decades late) and a dollar short (meaning, well more) and working on the complete wrong subject. ADAO is not intentionally misleading, but they as a group are misleading. Natural occurring forms of asbestos occur in all states in the ground from soft friable easily airborne to hard rock hard to blow up with dynamite. In California communities have lived on all forms of natural occurring Chrysotile “asbestos” for well over 200 years. Intensive studies of death certificates shows no excess lung cancer or any excess mesothelioma at Chrysotile sites at all. San Francisco is the most contaminated Chrysotile city on earth. Yet small communities in California who have lived on Tremolite asbestos deposits for only short periods, show large quantities of excess mesothelioma. Not just in humans but in animals too. Huge levels of death from a non serpentine NOA. This news regarding Tremolite was published in the newspapers, mostly front page news, in Sacramento for 8 years straight! What do the legislators do? Why they OK “asbestos” epidemics by refusing to address the problem, and they condemn the innocent serpentine rock without even realizing what they are doing. For those who don't know, this exact same subject has nearly killed entire communities in the United States. Groups such as ADAO focusing on Chrysotile “asbestos” to the exclusion of the far more dangerous forms of “asbestos” have lead to the communities of Libby Montana and Jefferson Parish Louisiana having enormous non serpentine epidemics of human death. The legislators could actually do something useful here, but not while they are mislead by non scientists such as ADAO.

By: Ttrent1

Ttrent1 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:57:54 +0000

By: aaron w

aaron w — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:56:25 +0000

It is so important to have a responsible mesothelioma attorney. Glad to hear serpentine won't be around much longer.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:25:11 +0000

That sounds like a great idea for spreading the word about asbestos and mesothelioma. It's also nice to know that California's state rock won't have asbestos in it anymore.