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Products Containing Asbestos - Since the Industrial Revolution thousands of products have been manufactured with asbestos, putting the lives of both workers and consumers in grave danger. Though United States regulations now exist to limit the public’s exposure to asbestos and many companies have curbed use of the hazardous material, some products continue to be manufactured with asbestos. Despite knowledge of the health threats posed by asbestos, the relative availability, low cost and efficiency of the material continue to make it an appealing component in a wide array of products.
Past And Present Asbestos Products
The National Cancer Institute estimates that at one point, upwards of 5,000 consumer products contained asbestos. Use and manufacturing of asbestos containing products can result in the inhalation and/or ingestion of asbestos fibers which may in turn cause mesothelioma, lung cancer and other serious diseases.
Products that have contained asbestos in the past or currently contain asbestos include :
- Acoustical surfacing and paneling
- Adhesives
- Blankets and cloth
- Blown-in insulation
- Boiler insulation
- Brakes
- Burner pads
- Caulk
- Ceiling tiles and lay-in panels
- Cement
- Cement pipes
- Cement siding
- Cement wallboard
- Chalkboards
- Cigarette filters
- Clutches
- Coffee pots
- Construction mastics
- Cooling towers
- Decorative plaster
- Dry wall
- Electric blankets
- Electric wiring insulation
- Electrical cloth
- Electrical ducts
- Electrical panel insulation
- Elevator brake shoes
- Elevator equipment panels
- Engine insulation
- Fertilizers
- Fire retardant surfacing
- Firebrick
- Fireclad asbestos paper
- Firefoil board
- Firefoil panel
- Fireguard asbestos paper
- Fireplaces
- Fireproofing cement
- Fireproofing materials
- Flex board
- flexible duct connectors
- Floor tile
- Floor tiles
- Furnace cement
- Fyrbestos sheets
- Gaskets
- Generators
- Goldbestos
- Gunning mix
- Hair dryers
- Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning duct insulation
- High pressure packing
- High temperature gaskets
- Industrial A-C board
- Insulation seal
- Insulmastic
- Ironing board covers
- Joint compounds
- Laboratory gloves
- Laboratory hoods and tables
- Lagging
- Lagging adhesive
- Lagging cloth
- Lagging tape
- Leggings
- Limpet
- Marine panels
- Metal mesh blanket
- Millboard
- Mineral wool block
- Mineral wool insulating cement
- Mittens
- Mitts
- Navy sealer
- Nuclear reactors
- One-shot cement
- Packing materials
- Pesticides
- Pipe covering and insulation
- Popcorn poppers
- Railroad electrical arc chutes
- Roof shingles
- Roofing felt
- Soil conditioners
- Spackling compounds
- Spray-on insulation
- Stoves
- Talc
- Tape
- Taping compounds
- Tar paper
- Textured paints and coatings
- Thermal paper
- Tile breaching insulation
- Toasters
- Transite
- Troweled coating
- Turbines
- Valve covers
- Valve rings
- Valve stem packing
- Vinyl sheet flooring
- Vinyl siding
- Vinyl wall coverings
- Wallboard
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