Independent Study Confirms Crayon-Asbestos Findings; Recommends Universal Method for Future Analysis

icAendicn independent study of two popular types of crayons has turned up trace amounts of asbestos, confirming the findings by several researchers and a consumer product safety organization that were released almost a year ago.

photo-1The conclusions, published Feb. 27 in an extensive report generated by the Research Triangle Institute, point to the presence of small amounts of asbestos and larger amounts of asbestos-like fibers in the crayon samples.

The results, according to the Institute, not only confirm the presence of fibrous material in the wax product, but also demonstrate a need for a universal technique for identifying fibers in …