Re: Catching up

Not Kitty, obviously but...

Jim: So they are not talking about garden vermiculite? Because the news
story I saw the other day was specific to bags of garden vermiculite
having been tested and of the 40 bags that the EPA tested, 5 were
significantly contaminated with asbestos, which is a greater than 10%
rate.



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Tue 07/06, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:56:51 -0400
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Catching up

If you do a Google search on "vermiculite asbestos", Kitty, you'll see
<br>EPA and others are talking about vermiculite insulation, and mostly
<br>insulation that originates from a mine, or group of mines, in
Montana. <br>Not to say that breathing any kind of dust is good for you.
I had a <br>good friend, a sculptor, who developed silicosis from
hacking up <br>granite and marble. I can guarantee, however, that using
vermiculite <br>under mist eliminates any chance of
dust.<br><br><br><br>On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at 02:59 PM, Kitty
wrote:<br><br>> Your puppy looks sweet Melody.<br>> The info on
vermiculite came out about a year or so ago, I believe. I <br>>
don't<br>> handle it in large enough quantities to worry about it
myself.<br>><br>> Kitty<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com><br>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:55 AM<br>> Subject: [CHAT] Catching
up<br>><br>><br>>> Wow! Only away from the computer for 2 1/2 days and
came back sunday<br>>> night to 276 messages! Took me until just now to
get through it all! <br>>> :-)<br>>> Took some new pictures last night
for anyone interested:<br>>><br>>><br>>>

    http://photos.yahoo.com/mhobertm<br>>><br>>>

You'll notice there is a new Daisy at our house, but she's not a <br>>>
flower<br>>> obviously...she's a miniature Australian Shepherd that we
got about a<br>>> week ago! She's a doll!!! Only going to be about 18
inches tall and<br>>> about 35 pounds.<br>>><br>>><br>>> In the
pictures, I included some "before" shots from about 2 months <br>>>
ago<br>>> so you can see how different parts of the garden are
progressing! <br>>> We've<br>>> had some awesome rains in the past
couple of weeks so everything is<br>>> looking lush and
full!<br>>><br>>><br>>> In one of Kitty's posts, she mentioned
vermiculite. I saw a news <br>>> article<br>>> last week that says the
EPA has begun testing vermiculite and has <br>>> found<br>>> asbestos
contamination at a level that worries them enough to <br>>> recommend<b

r>>> that people who use vermiculite in gardening should wear
asbestos<br>>> quality respirator masks when using it, should not shake
off <br>>> vermiculite<br>>> dust inside the home from clothing, and
should wash all articles of<br>>> clothing immediately upon coming
inside and taking them off, as well <br>>> as<br>>> good washing of skin
that comes in contact with it. Has anyone else<br>>> heard/seen/read
anything about this?<br>>><br>>><br>>> Hope you all had a most enjoyable
4th of July...ours was <br>>> spectacular!!!<br>> :-)<br>>><br>>>
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>>><br>>> "The most beautiful thing we can
experience is the mysterious."<br>>> --Albert Einstein<br>>><br>>>
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