[NJARC] Asbestos is also found in bakelite

[Thomas Lee]

Bakelite is a plastic-like product that was used for electrical equipment, 
cooking pot handles, and other uses. It can be up to 50% asbestos

http://www.personalinjurylawcal.com/asbestos_facts.html

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Brydon said many companies would buy the Bakelite material in a molding 
compound or resin and then "add things to it, like asbestos."

http://www.mesotheliomacenter.org/news/2002-07-30.php

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asbestos bakelite (AB) or asbestos rubber (AR) dusts. In the first cohort no 
deaths from lung cancer were recorded, even though the total tumour 
mortality was higher than in the general population. In the second cohort an 
excess tumour mortality was observed in the first subcohort for stomach 
cancer only. In the other two subcohorts the expected rates were higher for 
all the tumour sites. Following intraperitoneal injection of CA, AB and AR 
dusts, malignant tumours developed in 31.5% of the rats which received CA

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8255260&dopt=Abstract

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So buffing / grinding these radios for restoration would release particles 
that contain the carciagen.

Oh well guess it's time to throw out all my raidos :(