The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found trace
amounts of asbestos in 17 of 38 products tested ( Sampling and Analysis
of Consumer Garden Products that Contain Vermiculite, EPA, August 2000
). Four of these products contained SUBSTANTIAL amounts of asbestos:

Schultz's Horticultural Vermiculite
Earthgro's Best Vermiculite,
Hoffman's Vermiculite
Ace Horticultural Grade Vermiculite

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