What Kinds of Products Contain Asbestos?

Products Containing Asbestos

Image of an Asbetos package Because of its insulation qualities, asbestos was used widely in products that required resistance to temperature transfer or heat containment. The mineral also has tensile properties that make it valuable in the construction industries, particularly in adhesives. For this reason many common home and construction products contained asbestos from insulation to rope to roofing shingles.

The use of asbestos in consumer products was limited (but not banned) in the 1970s by the federal government because of its dangers to human health and because these products were so varied that a large number of people may have been affected by asbestos. The Environmental Protection Agency considers any product containing 1% or more asbestos to be asbestos-containing. A great many products fall under this classification.

Some of the more common products known to have contained asbestos are listed below. For a list of manufacturers who used asbestos in their products, the trade names of many of those products and when those products were used, click here.

If you or someone you love used or worked around some of the products listed below and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may have legal options for compensation. Contact our asbestos exposure law firm today for a free consultation.

General Products:

Adhesives
Agricultural Filler
ASB Weatherproof Jackets
Asbestos Canvas
Asbestos Cord
Asbestos Curtains
Asbestos Felt
Asbestos Gloves
Asbestos Mineral Wool
Asbestos Packing
Asbestos Pads
Asbestos Rope
Attic Insulation
Cigarrette Filters
Cooling Towers
Corrugated Paper
Crock Pots
Decorative Plaster
Duct Tape
Baby Powder
Clay
Electrical Cloth
Electrical Panel Partition
Elevator Brake Shoes
Emulsion Adhesive
Fertilizer
Fire Blankets
Fire Curtains
Fire Doors
Fire Dampers
Firebrick
Fireproofing Materials
Fume Hoods
Generators
Glassblowers Mits
Glassbestos
Hair Dryers
Iron Rests
Laboratory Gloves
Laboratory Hoods
Marine Panels
Metal Mesh Blankets
Mittens
Mitts
Packing Materials
Plastics
Popcorn Poppers
Potting Mixures
Pumps
Rope
Rope Packing
Roadboard
Sheet Packing
Sheet Rope
Silicate Calsilite
Stove Mats
Tape
T-Bar Ceiling Tiles
Textile Cloths
Textile Garments
Thermal Paper Products
Tiles
Turbines
Valves
Vinyl Wallpaper
Wick
Yarn

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS:

Acoustic Finishes
Acoustical Plaster
Air Cell Pipe Covering
Asbestos Flatboard
Asbestos Lap
Asbestos Micarta
Asbestos Millboard
Asbestos Panels
Base Flashing
Blown-In Insulation
Boiler Insulation
Boiler Wall Coat
Bonding Cement
Breaching Insulation
Brick and Block Mortar
Calcium Silicate Insulation
Caulking
Ceiling Tiles
Cork Board
Cork Covering
Cork Filled Mastic
Construction Mastics
Dry Mix Joint Compound
Ductwork Connectors
Duplex Blox
Duplex Pipe Covering
Electric Wiring Insulation
Expansion Joint
Firefoil Board
Firefoil Panel
Flex Board
Flexible Duct Connectors
Flooring Backing
Gunning Mix
Heat Guards
Heating Ducts
HVAC Duct Insulation
Insulation
Insulating Mix
Insulation Coating
Insulation Duct
Insulation Jacketing
Insulation Seal
Joint Compound
Lagging Adhesive
Lagging Cloth
Lagging Tape
Machine Room Ceilings
Machine Room Floors
Machine Room Walls
Machine Room Ducts
Navy Sealer
Paint
Patching Fiber
Patching Plaster
Permaboard
Pipe Covering
Pipe Insulation
Putties
Rollboard
Roofing Shingles
Roofing Felt
Seals
Sheets
Sheetrock
Spackle
Spackle Plaster
Spackling Compounds
Sponge Blocks
Spray Fireproofing
Spray-Applied Insulation
Stone Corrugated Sheets
Stone Sheathing
Taping Compounds
Textured Coatings
Textured Paints
Thermal Spray
Transite
Troweled Coatings
Vermiculite Compounds
Vinyl Floor Tiles
Welding Blankets
Welding Rods
Wood Fiber Plaster

CEMENT PRODUCTS:

Finishing Cement
Furnace Cement
Cement Pipes
Masonry Fill
Refractory Cement
Cement Siding
Cement Wallboard

AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS:

Automotive Hoodliner
Disc Brakes
Clutches
Gasket Material
Heat Seals
Valve Rings
Valve Stem Packing