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2. US FDA proposes standardized testing to detect asbestos in ...

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   Asbestos, a known human carcinogen, can be injurious to consumers if found in talc-containing cosmetic products as there is no established "safe level" threshold for exposure to the substance.

3. Transite - Wikipedia

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   Other uses included roof drain piping, water piping, sanitary sewer drain piping, laboratory fume hood panels, ceiling tiles, landscape edging, and HVAC ducts. Because cutting, breaking, and machining asbestos-containing transite releases carcinogenic asbestos fibers into the air, its use has fallen out of favor. Despite asbestos-containing ...

4. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos (/ æ s ˈ b ɛ s t ə s, æ z-,-t ɒ s / ass-BES-təs, az-, -⁠toss) [1] is a group of naturally occurring, toxic, carcinogenic and fibrous silicate minerals.There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre (particulate with length substantially greater than width) [2] being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into ...

5. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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   Products containing asbestos are regulated by the Asbestos Products Regulation (SOR 2007/260). [54] On December 16, 2016, parliament stated that as of 2018, all use of asbestos will be totally banned. [citation needed] This happened on December 30, 2018, but its use is still allowed for Nuclear and Military use.

6. US FDA proposes standardized testing to detect asbestos in ...

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   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that cosmetic products containing talc should be tested using standardized methods to detect asbestos, a potential contaminant, according to ...

7. Asbestos and the law (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...

8. Easy Gardener Products, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Easy Gardener acquired Phoenix Recycled Products in 2007 and began producing and selling tree rings, garden edging, mulch, stepping stones and other products made from recycled tires and other post-industrial rubber materials. [9] In 2006, H.I.G. Capital, a Miami-based private equity firm, purchased Easy Gardener for $58.79M. [10]

9. Home Depot buying supplier to professional contractors in a ...

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   Home Depot is making a big bet on a housing market that is suffering a severe lack of new homes, which has driven prices sky high. The median sales price for new homes in the U.S. has climbed 29.4 ...