some stoves have Vermiculite baffles... this natural mineral is mined and is tied to rare lung cancers......
anyone else concerned about these panels..???
anyone else concerned about these panels..???
Vermiculite concerns
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pellet9999 said:
Hmm... I'm interested in the responses as I just ordered a new vermiculite baffle to replace my cast iron baffles on my jotul f500.
I believe you are thinking of zonolite, which was a brand name of a vermiculite that was mined decades ago from a source that contained tremolite, a form of asbestos. The vermiculite you get today is safe (unless you get it out of your attic that was insulted forty years ago). No worries.
Correct -- don't worry about vermiculite --it's the old stuff with asbestos in it you need to worry about.
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