Asbestos fibers have been found in crayons and children’s toys sold in the US, according to a new report from a health advocacy group.
The EWG Action Fund is calling for a ban on asbestos in consumer products after it found the substance in four out of 28 brands of crayons, according to a report released by the group on Wednesday.
Two brands of toy crime-lab kits of the 21 which were tested were also reported to have contained the carcinogenic substances. They had been purchased from ToysRUs.com and Amazon.com. Asbestos was found in the kits’ fingerprint dusting powders, and these products had higher concentrations than the tested brand of crayon did.
“We were surprised,” report co-author Sonya Lunder told CBS News. “Crayons and crime-scene toys were found to have asbestos in years gone by, and the manufacturers of both had already promised to deal with the problem,” she explained, noting that all the products that tested positive were manufactured in China.
Breathing in asbestos fibers has been linked to serious health problems such as lung disease, mesothelioma and other types of cancer. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that exposure to asbestos is only dangerous when asbestos is airborne. The fibers are invisible to the naked eye and are easily inhaled.
Asbestos was once a common insulation material used in buildings, but is now rarely used in the United States and is banned in many developed nations due to its carcinogenic properties, EWG said.
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PROPHECY 101
I, YAHUVEH, Say, “Your Actions Speak Louder Than Your Words.”
October 2, 2008
The plans that the enemies have, both in the government and in satans kingdom are for evil, to steal, kill and destroy. To starve, to poison the very air that you breathe. To experiment with the water you drink, where all manners of various poisons already pollute your water. The wealthy want to de-populate the earth, to save all the resourses for them, but I, YAHUVEH, say, I will have the last word. I will not be mocked. I will protect those who are MINE and the enemies own weapons shall consume them.
PROPHECY 107
Hang On! Hang On! Hang On! Do Not Lose Your Blessed Hope!
February 7, 2009
There are many ways to kill the children now, even poisoning their food, poisoning their toys. Be not deceived, the sons of satan call this population control. It’s all part of their plan as even the air you breath is poisoned full of death and destruction and disease. But ask the new world order, those in their secret society and if they were to tell you their secrets they would tell you it’s all about population control. Only the rich shall survive. The richest of the rich, but I am confounding the enemy. Those covered in MY Son’s shed Blood at Calvary, those who call out to YAHUSHUA MASHIACH. That blood is their immunity. Keep praying, keep asking, keep reminding ME to take MY vengeance on those who spread the poison in the sky and MY vengeance shall come on those who created these formulas of death, disease and destruction (and) the politicians who allow it.