[Dottore]

We have been using blue shop towels in the kitchen (instead of ordinary paper towels) for some time because they are much tougher, more absorbent and last longer etc etc.

The other night a dinner guest saw this, freaked out and said something like: " Jesus Christ those things are made from asbestos and industrial waste - and you use them in the kitchen?"

I replied with "you're pulling my plonker right?" - but the guy was adamant about this.

Now I always just assumed they were just a better and pricier towel. There's nothing on the package that says you shouldn't use them in the kitchen - and given the litigious society in which we live I would have assumed there would be some kind of warning if they were truly hazardous.

Anybody else have any thoughts on this?