He's so well known and highly regarded in his field. She declined to say where the latest tests were being conducted or when they would be completed. Those labs found asbestos in the talc used to strengthen crayons. The Post-Intelligencer reported Tuesday that Lee testified in March during a personal injury asbestos trial in Louisiana that he had been a witness more than 250 times for asbestos manufacturers including United States Mineral and Owens Corning. Getting paid for what we do doesn't mean we're biased in our results.
Asbestos is a fibrous mineral once commonly used in insulation and fireproofing material.
Inhaling asbestos fibers can cause lung cancer and other deadly respiratory ailments, sometimes decades after exposure. There are no known reports of anyone getting asbestos-related illness from using or making crayons. No Asbestos in Crayola Lee said he examined two crayons and the raw talc using polarized light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. However, their tests detected asbestos fibers in 32 of 40 crayons tested. Lee has suggested that those labs may have misidentified the asbestos.