Thousands of products commonly used in the United States during the last century contained asbestos. What would be unbelievable, were it not so well documented, is that for most of this time, the manufacturers incorporating asbestos into their products were well aware that the substance is dangerous. Even as the harmful aspects of asbestos exposure grew to be commonly known in the scientific community, asbestos companies still refused to remove asbestos from their products or to warn of the danger.
Grave Health Risk from Products Containing Asbestos
Many of these hazardous asbestos products are still in use. These products still carry a grave health risk, even when the asbestos is described as being “encapsulated” in the product.
As products age, they often dry out, become brittle and begin to disintegrate.
When those products are dislodged or removed, such as during a home remodel (there can be asbestos in drywall, asbestos in vinyl flooring, and asbestos in siding), for instance, dangerous asbestos fibers may be released into the environment.
Once asbestos fibers make their way into the air we breathe, they may be easily inhaled and trapped in the lungs or swallowed. This type of exposure carries a risk for developing mesothelioma and other asbestos related cancers. Because of the hazards associated with old asbestos products, they should be disturbed or removed only by licensed professional asbestos abatement specialists.
The following is a list of some of the asbestos containing products that you or a family member may have encountered in the workplace or at home:
Home or Work Products Containing Asbestos
Automotive Products: Automotive Hoodliner Disc Brakes Clutches Gasket Material Heat Seals Valve Rings Valve Stem Packing Cement Products: |
Construction Products: Acoustic Finishes Acoustical Panels Acoustical Plaster Acoustical Tile Air Cell Pipe Covering Asbestos Block Asbestos Board Asbestos Cloth Asbestos Corrugated Sheets Asbestos Felt Asbestos Flatboard Asbestos Insulating Blankets Asbestos Lap Asbestos Micarta Asbestos Millboard Asbestos Mineral Wool Asbestos Panels Asbestos Paper Asbestos Pipe Covering Asbestos Rollboard Asbestos Spray Asbestos Tank Jacket Asbestos Tape Asphalt Attic Insulation Base Flashing Blown-In Insulation Boilers Boiler Insulation Boiler Wall Coat Breaching Insulation Brick and Block Mortar Calcium Silicate Insulation Carded Asbestos Cloth Castables Caulking Ceiling Tiles Ceramic Tile Clapboards Cork Board Cork Covering Cork Filled Mastic Construction Mastics Dry Mix Joint Compound Duct Adhesive Ductwork Connectors Electric Wiring Insulation Eighty-five Percent Magnesia Insulation Expansion Joint Fire Resistant Insulation Shield Firebrick Fireclad Asbestos Paper Firefoil Board Firefoil Panel Fireguard Asbestos Paper Flex Board Flexible Duct Connectors Floor Tile Flooring Backing Gunning Mix Heat Guards Heat Shields Heating Ducts High Pressure Packing HVAC Duct Insulation Industrial A-C Board Insulation Insulation Coating Insulation Duct Insulation Jacketing Insulating Mix Insulation Seal Joint Compound Lagging Lagging Adhesive Lagging Cloth Lagging Tape Machine Room Ceilings Machine Room Floors Machine Room Walls Machine Room Ducts Mastic Adhesives Mineral Wool Blankets Mineral Wool Block Navy Sealer Paint Patching Fiber Patching Plaster Permaboard Pipe Covering Pipe Insulation Plaster Pumps Putties Quick-Setting Joint Compound Raw Asbestos Fiber Roofing Felt Roofing Paper Roofing Shingles Sealer Sheets Sheetrock Sound Shield Spackle Spackle Plaster Spackling Compounds Sponge Block Sponge Cover Sponge Felt Spray Fireproofing Spray-Applied Insulation Stone Corrugated Sheets Stone Sheathing Taping Compounds Tar Paper Textured Coatings Textured Paints Thermal Spray Transite Troweled Coatings Valve Rings Vermiculite Compounds Vinyl Floor Tiles Waterproofing Welding Blankets Welding Rods Wire Wood Fiber Plaster |
General Products: Adhesives Agricultural Filler Artificial Snow Asbestos Aprons Asbestos Canvas Asbestos Cord Asbestos Curtains Asbestos Felt Asbestos Forms Asbestos Gloves Asbestos Packing Asbestos Pads Asbestos Rope Asbestos Sleeves Asbestos Weatherproof Jackets Bakelite Blaze Shield Cigarette Filters Cooling Towers Corrugated Asbestos Sheets Corrugated Paper Crock Pots Decorative Plaster Duct Tape Baby Powder Cables Clay Electrical Cloth Electrical Panel Partition Elevator Brake Shoes Emulsion Adhesive Emulsions Fertilizer Fibrous Adhesive Fire Blankets Fire Curtains Fire Doors Fire Dampers Fireproofing Materials Fume Hoods Furnace tape Generators Glassblower’s Mitts Glassbestos Hair Dryers Ironing Board Covers Iron Rests Laboratory Gloves Laboratory Hoods Marine Panels Metal Mesh Blankets Mittens Mitts Nuclear Reactors Phenolic Resin Plastics Popcorn Poppers Potting Mixures Pumps Railroad Electrical Arc Chutes Rope Rope Packing Sheet Packing Sheet Rope Stove Mats Talc Powder Thermal Paper Products Tiles Turbines Valves Vinyl Wallpaper Wick Yarn |