A number of posts can be found on the Internet suggesting or exploring the assertion that jade contains arsenic and is therefore hazardous to your health.
The discussions become quite complex. For one thing, it is mentioned that asbestos is not a mineral per se but a sort of generic commercial term for a group of similarly-constructed fibrous minerals. So the assertion should be more specific, what sort of asbestos is jade alleged to contain?
Nonetheless you find asbestos often described as a mineral in its own right, though I would venture the mention refers to one type of the various minerals clustered under the generic term.
As to jade, statements vary but the majority opinion appears to be that jade does not contain asbestos. There are various reasons for the mis-statement, including a similarity of structure. There are also some minerals associated with jade which may in turn be associated with asbestos minerals. But the direct connection to jade does not appear to exist.
In the discussion linked to HERE it is brought out that the silica content of jade may be more dangerous to workers than would be asbestos if present. Another discussion of the possible asbestos relationship takes place HERE.
And if you don't have enough to worry about, there is also the matter of jade made radioactive through diabolical treatment methods, demonstrated HERE.
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