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Article: CRAYOLA SAYS ITS CRAYONS ASBESTOS-FREE TESTS CONFLICT WITH P-I'S FINDINGS.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- May 26, 2000
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Binney & Smith, makers of Crayola crayons, yesterday said an independent laboratory had tested its crayons and found that they do not contain asbestos.
RJ Lee Group of Pittsburgh, an EPA-approved laboratory, said it conducted three types of tests on two crayons and issued a report to the company stating the crayons did not contain asbestos.
The findings conflict with results obtained by two independent government-certified labs who did tests at the request of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The labs used by the P-I have reconfirmed the existence of carcinogenic tremolite and anthrophyllite fibers in repeated tests of three brands of crayons - ...