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John Robertson wrote:

wrote:
By some accounts the original bakelite was up to half asbestos (which kind?
WHite or blue?). I saw online some electrical outlets made of bakelite, and
I
was wondering if it really is bakelite, and if so if there is a new
bakelite
without asbestos? ANy clues?



Unless you are grinding the Bakelite product into a powder and snorting
it I'd not worry about it...

John :-#)#

The wikipedia article should answer the OPs questions, but I can tell
you that machining phenolics is an easy way to produce snortable powder.
Covers the every square inch of the entire shop with a very fine dust.