[Rockhounds] PRPA now public law

[Jay Bates]

State Route 25 is the main road into the Clear Creek Management Area. 
There has been 23 fatalities on that route since 1997. Your chances of 
dying driving into the area are astronomically larger than dying from 
cancer and mesothelioma. What a huge joke this asbestos risk to the 
public is. Where are protests for those who have died on State Route 25.

DonH wrote:
> Kris Rowe wrote:
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>> Case in point, does anyone actually know an *individual* who has 
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>> asbestosis from exposure in the Clear Creek Management Area? When I see
>> "could" in EPA statements, I see someone playing an anti-litigation
>> maneuver, which is quite understandable in today's lawyer driven 
>> society.
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> They are doing exactly what the public wants them to do.  The courts 
> are full of cases where some gov't or business "knew the risk" and 
> then allowed people to be exposed--just ask the W.R. Grace company and 
> the people of Libby, Montana.  In my personal and unofficial opinion, 
> the EPA does go overboard and gets some things wrong (what the heck is 
> "naturally occurring asbestos," in the sense that ALL asbestos is 
> naturally occuring?).  However, there is some correlation between 
> exposure and asbestosis as well as lung cancer and mesothelioma.  The 
> NIOSH has determined that NO exposure level is safe; after what 
> happened in Libby, the EPA seems downright paranoid and will do 
> anything to protect the public.
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> Are you familiar with El Dorado Hills?  Those are your fellow 
> Californians screaming about the "naturally occuring asbestos" in the 
> land around their expensive houses.
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> http://www.edhasbestos.com/
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> It is most unfortunate that there is an asbestos exposure risk at 
> CCMA.  However, there is, and until we have really solid toxicology 
> and epidemiology, and given THE PUBLIC'S response to the issue, the 
> EPA has chosen to operate with an abundance of caution.
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> http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/noa/clearcreek/pdf/ccma-sampling-and-analysis-plan.pdf 
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