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California To Drop State Rock Over Asbestos Concerns
Diamonddavej writes "The LA Times reports that Californian legislators are close to dropping the translucent green rock Serpentine as the state rock of California because of its tenuous association with chrysotile asbestos. Sen. Gloria Romero declares in her bill (SB 624) that Serpentine should be dropped as California's state rock because it 'contains the deadly mineral chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen, exposure to which increases the risk of the cancer mesothelioma.' The bill has backing from mesothelioma support groups. Critics point out that Serpentine is a group of 20 different minerals, and Californian Serpentine rarely contains much chrysotile, never mind its dangerous fibrous asbestos form. Its is suspected that lawyers involved in asbestos compensation claims and cleanup companies will profit from the bill. Vast tracts of California where bedrock is made of Serpentine could be declared hazardous to health... even if it contains no crysotile at all! It looks like SB 624 will be passed; it won unanimous bi-partisan support from an Assembly committee last week."
In other related news, Sarah Palin and her army of professional teabaggers demanded an alternative bill be considered that would redesignate asbestos as a childhood nutrient.
You have your own class of stupid fucks living there and breeding like feral cats. Fuck you and your kind, as I see more and more of you retarded Birkenstock wearing liberal hippy scum coming to NC to escape the taxes and poor social environment. Protip, we don't go to CA from NC unless it is military related and are ordered, and we damn sure don't want your fucktarded asses here. Go move to WA or OR when you need to export your faggotry laden lifestyle upon other folks. (And FTR I ain't homophobic, but faggotry is such a good word, I hate to pass up a chance to use it.)