RESPIRABLE FREE FORM ASBESTOS

What is respirable free form asbestos?

Respirable free-form asbestos is asbestos that is not bound, woven, or otherwise “locked in” by a glue or resin to a patching compound or to artificial ashes or embers.

Because they are not locked in, asbestos fibers can get into the air and be inhaled when the patching compounds are sanded or the ashes and embers are heated.

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.

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