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  • From: marc AT aculink.net
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Vermiculite/Asbesto Controversy
  • Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 23:26:54 -0600


> Subject: Asbestos in vermiculite?
> From: "Karen Phillips" <kphillips AT lightspeed.net>
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 21:04:54 -0800
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> Just read an article today in the local paper about the health hazard of =
> asbestos in vermiculite. Does anyone have any information on this? We =
> use quite a bit of it in our seed starting mix, so this is pretty =
> disturbing. Any suggestions for good substitutes? Thanks! Karen =
> Phillips - Buckeye Farms, Weldon, CA
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Here's a couple of sites that pretty well sum up the
controversy.

http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/greenhouse/particulates.html

http://www.vermiculite.org/papers.htm

Marc S. Nameth



  • Re: Vermiculite/Asbesto Controversy, marc, 04/03/2000

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