On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:40:59 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
In 1985 NYC air had 1 fiber of asbestos/cc and the Germans workplace
standard was .2/cc and the USA one 2/cc. Plus I seem to recall Vermont
"white" asbestos is at least one order of magnitude less dangerous
than South African "blue" and fiberglass is at least one order of
magnituded less hazardous than "white".

asbestos costs money. No chinese drywall maker is going to go to the cost
of using it.