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Are there safe substitutes for asbestos?

April 26, 2017asbestos safe substitutes

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Are there safe substitutes for asbestos?

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Products like fiberglass and mineral wool are being used as substitutes or replacements for asbestos, but they are not safe substitutes. The few studies that have been done on these products so far indicate that glass fibers and non-asbestos mineral fibers (which are shaped similarly to asbestos fibers) may cause the same kind of lung scarring and cancers as asbestos.