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The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns consumers about the hazard of exposure to consumer products containing asbestos. These products include:
• 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 (800424-9065) 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 r
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