re: #135 Amory Blaine

Wisconsin geologist at center of Gogebic Taconite mine controversy resigns

The GOP attacked this guy right out of the gate. As if finding asbestos in the rocks is a liberal conspiracy. He is right to resign I think. The right wing is ruthless and nasty and will destroy his life.

They found Grunerite deposits in the immediate area. Not good. It’s a rock source associated with the amphibole flavor of asbestos ores:

en.wikipedia.org

Amphoboles and associated asbestos sources are bad juju. If you were razing a building containing these materials, you would be required to encapsulate the entire structure to prevent the fibers from being released to the local air shed. There is NO safe exposure level to these fibers.

None.

But there’s $1.5 billion at stake, so you must attack the science.

Pitiful.