Minerals experts have voiced certain concerns over the accuracy of the list created by Jim Karstell and hosted by listverse.com and we are currently working on our own version with the help of mineralogists. Stay tuned!
Indeed the original article was written without any toxicological background.
Moreover, the most toxic minerals are rather anecdotal (very rare and mostly microscopic species), meaning that these are collector’s minerals, which do not represent any public health issue.
So, considering this is a mining oriented website, it would make much more sense to write about the rocks & minerals which are actually major causes of illness amongst professionals of the mining industry and stone industry (miners, ore smelters, quarry-workers, stone cutters, and stone carvers…). Such occupational health issues have been thoroughly documented.
toxic-logic
Also, if an article was to be written about occupational health issues in the mining & stone industry, let’s avoid sensationalism by first making quite clear that:
-the issue isn’t about a solid chunk of rock: the risk lies in the generation of dust, contaminated waters/sludges, fumes from smelting.
-neither is it about a few casual lower level exposures: the risk lies in chronic exposure which is to say prolonged/repeated exposures over an extended period of time.
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toxic-logic
Indeed the original article was written without any toxicological background.
Moreover, the most toxic minerals are rather anecdotal (very rare and mostly microscopic species), meaning that these are collector’s minerals, which do not represent any public health issue.
So, considering this is a mining oriented website, it would make much more sense to write about the rocks & minerals which are actually major causes of illness amongst professionals of the mining industry and stone industry (miners, ore smelters, quarry-workers, stone cutters, and stone carvers…). Such occupational health issues have been thoroughly documented.
toxic-logic
Also, if an article was to be written about occupational health issues in the mining & stone industry, let’s avoid sensationalism by first making quite clear that:
-the issue isn’t about a solid chunk of rock: the risk lies in the generation of dust, contaminated waters/sludges, fumes from smelting.
-neither is it about a few casual lower level exposures: the risk lies in chronic exposure which is to say prolonged/repeated exposures over an extended period of time.