It's also where many apparently sucked in the tremolite asbestos fibers that are killing them today. The only place you find it is here. The rest don't matter much. One of the auditors who had studied the federal regulations looked puzzled. A couple of supervisors from the cleanup company were suddenly examining the clouds, and Duc Nguyen, the EPA guide for the tour, quietly shook his head and said nothing.
All government agencies list six types of asbestos as cancer-causing and thus regulated.
They include the three that Stout mentioned, but also anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite. The latter two contaminate the Libby vermiculite and other ore mined around the country. Tremolite and actinolite are not really a big deal. Skramstad accompanied the auditors on their tour of the contaminated buildings where he was exposed to asbestos. In the front row sat Alice Priest and Edna Oikle.