[Carry_Okie]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering Superfund cleanups of El Dorado Hills schoolyards, parks and other public grounds contaminated with asbestos, the result of foothill development carved through veins of the hazardous minerals.

Oh dear, there's a whole MOUNTAIN of the stuff... they'll be employed forever!

Dear God, help us, please.

[Cuttnhorse]

Unfortunately, the EPA has lost all credibility and now when something like this actually may have some merit, everyone immediately digs in their heels and are skeptical.

Short fiber asbestos is nothing to fool with and it does occur naturally in the ultra mafic rocks of the California foothills. The problem the EPA faces is that the stuff is everywhere...what will they do, make everyone move??

[editor-surveyor]

"Oh dear, there's a whole MOUNTAIN of the stuff... they'll be employed forever!"

You're more right than you may realize. Asbestos occurs naturally in most soils of the mountainous regions of the west. If this is allowed to establish a precedent, we may have to vacuum clean California daily!

The reality is that this whole thing is likely an attempt to get funding reauthorized for super-fund.