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Asbestos Cancer:
Cancer Hazard -- CPSC Warns About Asbestos in Consumer Products
- Asbestos
paper and millboard
- Asbestos-cement
sheet
- Dry-mix
asbestos furnace or boiler cement
- Asbestos
wood/coal stove door gaskets
- Asbestos
laboratory gloves and pads
- Asbestos
stove mats and iron rests
- Central
hot-air furnace duct connectors containing asbestos
- Bulk
asbestos fibers
Some
of these products still are for sale or may be in consumers' homes. Handling these
products may release asbestos fibers; breathing asbestos fibers is known to cause
cancer. The risk of asbestos-related cancer may be substantially higher among
smokers at the levels of asbestos encountered in homes. If these products must
be handled:
- Wear
a respirator approved for use with asbestos.
- Do
not dry sweep; use wet procedures for clean-up. Dispose of any residue or unused
material along with the clean-up materials in a manner that will not release airborne
fibers. To get information on how to dispose of asbestos, call the Environmental
Protection Agency (800-368-5888) and ask for your regional asbestos coordinator.
- Do
not use power operated or other tools to cut or drill because this can create
respirable dust levels.
- Keep
these products out of the reach of children.
The
extent of current asbestos product labeling is limited. Except for products which
are sold unwrapped, such as millboard; and asbestos-cement sheet, all products
are labeled with the name of the manufacturer or distributor. Only asbestos paper
and furnace cement are labeled as containing asbestos. Non-asbestos substitutes
for all asbestos products are widely available to the public for household uses.
CPSC requires that the labeling requirements of the Federal Hazardous Substances
Act apply to asbestos products. Asbestos products not labeled according to these
provisions will be considered misbranded, and thus will be subject to enforcement
action by the Commission.
Asbestos cancer is very bad, so choose products wisely and review filters and ducts in your home and work place.