Conference Programs 2010 Conference Program (PDF) – Click Here 2009 Conference Program (PDF) – Click Here 2008 Conference Program (PDF) – Click Here 2007 Conference Program (PDF) – Click Here 2006 Conference Program (PDF) – Click Here   Conference Presentation Videos Delivering asbestos disease awareness information to the world….Viewers anywhere in the world can now [...]

California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey, Facts about Serpentine Rock: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/cgs_notes/note_14/Documents/note_14.pdf Facts about Serpentine Rock and Soil Containing Asbestos in California. University of California: Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources: http://ucanr.org/freepubs/docs/8399.pdf World Health Organization International Agency on Cancer Research (asbestos is a known human carcinogen): http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/suppl7/suppl7.pdf Chrysotile Asbestos in a California Recreational Area (1979) [...]

“You have picked the wrong nerds to mess with”... that’s a good line to end your article, but you should be aware that the Professional Geologists that have specifically been studying the mineral in question (like myself) are aware that there is still significant debate over the health effects of chrysotile (serpentine-derived) and amphibole-sourced asbestos [...]

“You have picked the wrong nerds to mess with”... that’s a good line to end your article, but you should be aware that the Professional Geologists that have specifically been studying the mineral in question (like myself) are aware that there is still significant debate over the health effects of chrysotile (serpentine-derived) and amphibole-sourced asbestos [...]

On July 1, Assembly Member Huffman will present SB 624 (Romero) on the Assembly floor. This legislation to remove serpentine, the host rock of asbestos, as the State Rock of California has been unanimously supported by the Senate and the Assembly Committee of Natural Resources. We encourage California’s Assembly Members to support SB 624 (Romero), which promotes [...]