Asbestos

(in 0 products)

Banned by Gov or classified as a carcinogen by IARC

1. Contaminant / Impurity - Unintended/unwanted by-product

Asbestos is found in rocks and soil. It includes the minerals, and substances including the minerals, amosite, crocidolite, chrysotile, fibrous actinolite, fibrous anthophyllite and fibrous tremolite. It is an excellent electrical insulator and is highly heat-resistant, so for many years it was used as a building material. However, it is now a well-known health and safety hazard and the use of asbestos as a building material is illegal in many countries. Inhalation of asbestos fibres can lead to various serious lung conditions, including asbestosis and cancer. [2]

This substance has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

1. Asbestos. Health impacts of chemicals. International Programme on Chemical Safety. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/asbestos/en/

1. WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Group 1 [2018]

- Asbestos (all forms, including actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite)

2. EU CosIng Annex II, SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS [2017]

- Ref: II/762

3. South Korea - Ministry of Food and Drug Safety - Prohibited/Restricted Chemicals

- Ref: 440

4. US California Proposition 65, Chemicals known to the State to Cause Cancer

- Asbestos

5. US Environmental Protection Agency Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer

- Asbestos

6. US National Toxicology Program (NTP) Report on Carcinogens

- Asbestos

7. US CARB Identified Toxic Air Contaminants

- Asbestos [asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite),cummingtonite-grunerite (amosite), tremolite, actinolite, and anthophyllite]

8. Hong Kong Cap. 595 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS CONTROL ORDINANCE - Schedule 2

- Asbestos