Efforts to ban asbestos have been met with significant opposition from both government officials and representatives of corporations who fear the affect such a move will have on industry. These opponents of a ban claim that the continued use of asbestos in everyday products like roofing materials and automotive brakes presents a negligible risk to Americans, even while as many as 10,000 succumb to asbestos-related diseases each year. The following are products which remain legal to use today, despite their asbestos content:
- Asbestos-cement corrugated sheet
- Asbestos-cement flat sheet
- Asbestos clothing
- Pipeline wrap
- Roofing felt
- Vinyl-asbestos floor tile
- Asbestos-cement shingle
- Millboard
- Asbestos-cement pipe
- Automatic transmission components
- Clutch facings
- Friction materials
- Disc brake pads
- Drum brake linings
- Brake blocks
- Gaskets
- Non-roofing coatings
- Roof coatings
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