Asbestos Snow

White Asbestos (Chrysotile), was often used as artificial snow on movie and TV sets. One example being the The Wizard of Oz. This was because it looked so like real snow that no modifications had to be made and there was no worry of it melting. It was such a popular product choice that it was often labelled as 'White Snow Magic' or 'Snow Drift' when sold. The Wizard of Oz was not the only blockbuster movie that saw the use of asbestos fake snow. This also occurred in another movie's of that era – 1954 movie Holiday Inn, starring Bing Crosby, with the movie's final scene showing heavy snowfall (created from Chrysotile asbestos fake snow), as Bing sang White Christmas