What is Asbestos currently used for?
Despite the uproar over asbestos and the serious diseases it causes, you’d think that there would be a total ban on asbestos?
Not so.
According to this EPA clarification statement, under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the following product categories are not banned:
- asbestos-cement corrugated sheet
- asbestos-cement flat sheet
- asbestos clothing, pipeline wrap
- roofing felt
- vinyl-asbestos floor tile
- asbestos-cement shingle
- millboard
- asbestos-cement pipe
- automatic transmission components
- clutch facings
- friction materials
- disc brake pads
- drum brake linings
- brake blocks
- gaskets
- non-roofing coatings
- roof coatings
Furthermore, the Clean Air Act (CAA) still allows, “on equipment and machinery, spray-on application of materials that contain more than 1% asbestos where the asbestos fibers in the materials are encapsulated with a bituminous or resinous binder during spraying and the materials are not friable after drying; or for friable materials, where either no visible emissions are discharged to the outside air from spray-on application, or specified methods are used to clean emissions containing particulate asbestos material before they escape to, or are vented to, the outside air“.
And while we’re on the subject, the EPA also provide a list of past and present uses of asbestos.
I’d be interested to know what the likelihood of people catching diseases such as asbestosis, lung cancer, or mesothelioma are with current regulations the way they are.
Tags: asbestos, asbestosis, current use of asbestos, epa, lung cancer, mesothelioma
January 11th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Interesting fact about the EPA. I have to wonder if companies still would want to risk using it??? Cough Cough… brake dust = asbestos ???
January 12th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
I heard there are some new health risks when working with teflon. any insight?
April 17th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that usually being formed by exposure to abestos. Every diseases is bad but this is one of the worse one . However, I want to tell here something that can play an important role to remain safe from this cancer. 1st of all, try to stay as clean as possible. It’s a fact that many of us are taking asbestos particles in our lungs without being known we are in risk of Mesothelioma. You are suggested not to go any dirty place to remain safe from this. Though smoking isn’t directly related to it, it will increase the risk of Mesothelioma. Unfortunately, hope no, if you are affected by Mesothelioma I can suggest you to make an appointment with Texas or Oklahoma Mesothelioma specialists. Finally, think how can you secure your life more, and think again. All the best.
May 24th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
from personal experience mesophelioma cancer isn’t just devastating for the victim and his/her family, but is an terrible injustice on the part of the horrible companies that willfully let it happen to their loyal workers. -horrible.
July 4th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
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July 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Nice Article! Very Informative.
November 13th, 2010 at 10:44 am
It still shouldn’t be used. It’s a terrible substance.
December 19th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Very good article. Still don’t think we should use asbestos no matter what it does. Must be better alternatives.
December 19th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Hi there, thanks for some good info. I am based in South Africa and am attempting to put together some data on Mesothelioma and asbestos for folks suffering the disease in this country. Do you’ve any more references that I can study up on? Thanks
January 30th, 2011 at 8:51 am
Asbestos is a handy material as it’s cheap but it’s dangerous. Now we are minding this out we should stop using it so people are safer.
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April 16th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
It may be used for all these incredible things but it’s a danger. Maybe we should look for a safer alternative.
April 24th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Seems to be used for everything even though it’s dangerous.
June 4th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
I absolutely agree with your view on this, I just wish more people had the same perspective.