Asbestos turns up in toys, children's clay

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Source: Seattle PI

Asbestos has been found in a variety of consumer products, including one of this season's biggest-selling Christmas toys, according to the nation's largest asbestos victims organizations.

The CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit, two brands of children's play clay, powdered cleanser, roof sealers, duct tapes, window glazing, spackling paste and small appliances were among the products in which asbestos was found by at least two of three labs hired by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization.

The group, which was created in 2004 by asbestos victims and their families, spent more than $165,000 to have government-certified laboratories examine hundreds of consumer products over 18 months to determine whether asbestos was present.

It is unusual for a group of volunteers, many of whom have asbestos-caused diseases, to fund research that impacts public health.

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A short list of the items found to contain asbestos.

* CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit (asbestos in both the white and glowing powders)
* Art Skills' Clay Bucket
* Three varieties of Ja-Ru Toy Clay
* Scotch High Performance Duct Tape and its All Weather Duct Tape
* DAP Crack Shot Spackling Paste and DAP's 33 Window Glazing
* Gardner Leak Stopper

3M and DAP both denied using asbestos in their products.