Sleeper Asbestos-Containing Products the Discovery of Whose Fatal Fiber Emissions Would Trigger Mass Panic

by Laura Mellis

Bathroom air fresheners

Ice cream

Grungy office telephones

Tampons

Portable music devices

Mary Jane

Dental floss

The mangy baby binky my brother drags to every family event

Nose spray

Oxygen tanks

Asbestos-free insulation

Kegs

Asbestos

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