Chris Hogg wrote:

On Fri, 26 May 2017 17:38:34 +0100, Bill wrote:

In message , Harry Bloomfield
writes
The Natural Philosopher laid this down on his screen :
So why don't they just hose down asbestos when thy pull it out of
buildings? And then chuck it in a pond to get rid of it?

Where is the money to be made and white suits to be worn in doing that?

I was always taught that white asbestos and talc were similar
chemically.

So I have always been very careful who I kissed.

And where you kissed them http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/859485
;-)

Which points out, inter alia, that talc and asbestos are not similar,
but the latter used (up to 1970s) to contaminate the former because
they are found in the same places.

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Roger Hayter