There many products in people’s homes and work that contained and continue to contain asbestos. With the recent discovery that Johnson and Johnson knew , as early as 1957, that there was asbestos in the talc products it is important to examine many other everyday products where there is still asbestos exposure. Johnson and Johnson have been fighting and denying this but in July of 2018 a court ordered them to pay 4.7 Billion dollars to a group of 22 women who had ovarian cancer. Recently even kids coloring crayons, with common brands such as NIckelodeon and Disney have had trace amounts of asbestos.
1) MAKEUP As late as January of 2018 the retailer Claire’s pulled 17 products off the shelf , including some makeup marketed to children, after asbestos was found in the talc parts of the products.
2.) Attic and Floor Insulation
Vermiculite is a pebble-like insulation product used in attics and walls. It is usually gray-brown or silver-gold in color. Over 70 percent of all vermiculite sold in the U.S. from 1919 to 1990 was mined out of a mine that contained asbestos.
3.) Boilers and Water Heaters
Boilers and water heaters are used to heat or steam water At work locations and homes asbestos was often used as an insulator to keep temperatures down. . While the practice of insulating these items with asbestos was banned in the mid-1980s, many homes and work still contain asbestos-lined boilers and water heaters. Often they look like an Octopus. The asbestos would often fray creating airborne particles
4.) Ceilings
The popcorn ceiling was a decorating trend for homes in the 1970s. The texture was created by spraying a bumpy coating that contained asbestos. Asbestos was banned in ceiling products in 1978.
5.) Hairdryers
Hairdryers, because of temperatures contained asbestos. It was used to minimize the risk of fire damage from the intense heat of the hairdryer. When in operation, the hairdryer actually blew asbestos into its user’s breathing zone. Astonishingly the majority of hairdryers manufactured before 1980 contained asbestos. Get rid of those old hairdryers.
6.) Electrical Panels
Electrical panels include partitions which separate components from one another in order to prevent a fire. Electrical panels are no longer manufactured using asbestos after 1980 but many old residences and buildings still contain these partitions.
7.) Furnaces
Furnaces produce hot temperatures. Therefore many parts of furnaces had asbestos products in them. The door gaskets, insulation, and cement of oil, coal, and wood-burning furnaces may contain asbestos. Converting the furnace over to gas or electric can release fibers. Let an expert do this.
8.) Pipes
Piping in older homes may be coated in asbestos. Asbestos was used in pipes to both reduce heat-loss and to protect nearby surfaces from hot pipes. The asbestos-tainted product which was used to insulate housing pipes was manufactured until 1972. T
9.) Refrigerators
Commercial and older model refrigerators utilized asbestos as an insulator to keep cold air from escaping. Vintage refrigerators are sometimes sought for retro interior design. Make sure an old fridge does not have asbestos.
10.) Roofing Shingles and Siding
Though not technically inside the house, asbestos was used to strengthen, insulate, and fireproof both roofing and siding materials.
11.) Vinyl Flooring
Asbestos was added to some vinyl floors as a means to strengthen the floor and for fire retardation. Asbestos can also be found in the backing and in some adhesives used to hold the flooring in place. When taking up tile, the asbestos can be released.
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