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| California To Drop State Rock Over Asbestos Concerns |
| 2010-07-06 |
| "The LA Times reports that Californian legislators are close to dropping the translucent green rock Serpentine as the state rock of California because of its tenuous association with chrysotile asbestos. Sen. Gloria Romero declares in her bill (SB 624) that Serpentine should be dropped as California's state rock because it 'contains the deadly mineral chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen, exposure to which increases the risk of the cancer mesothelioma.' The bill has backing from mesothelioma support groups. Critics point out that Serpentine is a group of 20 different minerals, and Californian Serpentine rarely contains much chrysotile, never mind its dangerous fibrous asbestos form. It is suspected that lawyers involved in asbestos compensation claims and cleanup companies will profit from the bill. Vast tracts of California where bedrock is made of Serpentine could be declared hazardous to health... even if it contains no crysotile at all! It looks like SB 624 will be passed; it won unanimous bi-partisan support from an Assembly committee last week." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Wow, sounds like Gloria's a busy woman... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-06 21:16 |
| #5 The new rock, crack rock, is much more popular anyway. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-06 14:17 |
| #4 Vast tracts of California could be declared hazardous to mental and economic health. Hell, the whole state should be declared a Superfund site of bad laws. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-07-06 14:00 |
| #3 "It looks like SB 624 will be passed; it won unanimous bi-partisan support from an Assembly committee last week." Of course it did. Obviously all of California's problems have been solved, since they have time for this kind of stupit bullsh*t. Useless idiots. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-06 13:30 |
| #2 Dig up all the serpentine in California and ship it to Nevada for disposal. That ought to work. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-07-06 13:14 |
| #1 Pure unadulterated BS. Wish I can say that can only happen in Californica, alas, I can't. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-07-06 13:05 |