This is not a new story, but it is news to me, and I thought it might be to others.

Montana mined vermiculite with asbestos   (Note: as with so many AOL articles, this one is written in lurid tabloid style, but further research backs up the facts pretty darn well.)



I'm gonna be checking on the insulation in my attic, and try not to worry about all the potting soil mixes I have played around in for the past 20 years, both purchased and that I mixed myself from purchased ingredients, including vermiculite. I have no way of knowing, now, where the vermiculite I purchased came from.