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06-28-2009, 01:40 PM #17
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Vermiculite cancerous????
Basically vermiculite has been mined before accidentally with a seams asbestos so therefore any vermiculite could potentially contain traces of asbestos fibre.
source: Vermiculite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAlthough not all vermiculite contains asbestos, some products were made with vermiculite that contained asbestos until the early 1990s. Vermiculite mines throughout the world are now regularly tested for it and are supposed to sell products that contain no asbestos. The former vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana, did have tremolite asbestos as well at winchite and richterite (both fibrous amphiboles) â?? in fact, it was formed underground through essentially the same geologic processes as the contaminants. A vermiculite mine in Virginia has also been found to be contaminated by asbestos.[3]
Pure vermiculite does not contain asbestos and is non-toxic, but it can become contaminated over long periods if there is a presence of a secondary mineral called diopside. After millions of years of weatherization, the biotite turns into vermiculite and the diopside turns into asbestos.
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