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To: long-gone who wrote (78449)	10/14/2001 3:50:22 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116753

Crocodilite is blue short fibre asbestos. That is the kind hey used in brake pads and shoes. And muffler cement. Crocodolite is the mineral associated with asbestosis. Despite what you say, mesothelioma is extremely rare among mechanics except perhaps brake specialists. If the substance used in brakes was chrysotile then the exposure would be totally harmless. Despite the big difference between short fibre and long fibre asbestos, both got banned together in what has to be the biggest example of non scientific panic over hazardous substances since the PCB boondoggle and the chlorinated hydrocharbon scares. Very few PCB's are at all dangerous of even long term carcinogenic yet they are treated by the gov't like cyanide. A mining engineer, PAtrick Sheridan proved this in a land mark court case in Ontario with the Ontario government when he established that the government had not one shred of scientific proof that transformer cooling PCB's used by electrical companies anywhere had any hazard to humans through any amount of exposure. Chrysotile asbestos is non dangerous. And properly bound blue asbestos is not for the most part dangerous either in 99% of installations. Governments are schizoid about hazards. They blithely let 2-4-D and 2-4-5-T, really dangerous carcinogens and nerve poisons which are loaded with ultra toxic dioxins be liberally spread on our forests causing untold harm. You could wash your hands in some PCB's for decades, as I know some Hydro workers actually have, and not suffer ill effects. Two or three exposures to 2.4-5T downwind to about a few parts per millions and you could die of cancer ten years later. Tear your monkey suit when loading a distributor of the same stuff or some farm insecticides or weed killers and you can kiss your ass good bye the same day. EC<:-}