While mesothelioma cancer is most commonly associated with asbestos exposure in the workplace, some who develop mesothelioma have never worked directly with or around asbestos. These individuals may not realize that they have encountered exposure to asbestos in their homes from parents, spouses or siblings who have brought asbestos dust home on their work clothes, or from asbestos in the home or close by.
Asbestos was present in a wide range of products which were used in home repair and remodeling projects well into the late 1970’s, including floor and ceiling tiles, joint compounds, insulation and bricks. Individuals doing their own auto maintenance such as brake and clutch repair may have been exposed to asbestos into the 1980’s.
The inhalation or ingestion of asbestos fibers is the only known cause of mesothelioma cancer. Below you will find a list of products that commonly contained asbestos at points during the twentieth century.
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- Brakes
- Clutches
- Gaskets
- Plasters
- Cements
- Dry wall joint compounds
- Shingles
- Insulation
- Textured paints
- Filler in many plastics and adhesives (glues)
- Paper production
- Cement pipe
- Undercoatings
- Boilers
- Building materials
- Ceiling tiles
- One brand of cigarettes
- Some clothing/blankets
- Compressors
- Cooling towers
- Cooling tower fill
- Dental molds
- Drilling muds and fluids
- Dryer felts
- Electrical materials
- Elevators
- Some fertilizer
- Flooring materials/tiles
- Gaskets/packing
- HVAC systems
- Insulating cements
- Oil heaters/draft blowers
- Pipe coverings
- Certain chemicals
- Pumps and valves
- Steam traps/generators
- Refractory products
- Roofing/siding materials
- Shipbuilding specialties
- Cement/adhesives
- Spray on insulation
- Turbines
- Welding rods
- Certain uses in the aerospace industry
- Certain agricultural uses and agricultural product