Article: EPA: Lawn products may have asbestos.(NEWS)

Reacting to recent sampling that found asbestos in lawn and garden products, two federal regulatory agencies are investigating whether they should require warning labels or seek recalls.

Pending more tests, officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are advising consumers to take precautions and assume that lawn products containing vermiculite are contaminated with hazardous levels of asbestos.

A spokesman for Scotts Co., based in Ohio, the nation's leading manufacturer of vermiculite lawn and garden products, said extensive tests have shown that its products are safe.

The joint inquiry by the EPA and the Consumer Product ...

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