Asbestos Patching Compounds
What is the purpose of the ban on patching compounds and artificial ash and embers that contain respirable free-form asbestos?
These regulations eliminate from certain products respirable free-form asbestos fibers that may cause lung or other cancers.
Report produced by the U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Office of Compliance
This document, published August 2002, is a simple unofficial description of the ban on certain products that contain asbestos and does not replace or supersede any requirements published in 16 C.F.R. 1304 and 1305.
Courtesy of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
The ban on asbestos patching compounds