16 CFR § 1305.4 - Artificial fireplace ash and embers as banned hazardous products.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1305.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1305.4 - Artificial fireplace ash and embers as banned hazardous products."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1305.4"
section_name: "Artificial fireplace ash and embers as banned hazardous products."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1305"
part_name: "BAN OF ARTIFICIAL EMBERIZING MATERIALS (ASH AND EMBERS) CONTAINING RESPIRABLE FREE-FORM ASBESTOS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 8, 9, 30(d), Pub. L. 92-573, as amended, Pub. L. 94-284; 86 Stat. 1215-17, as amended, 90 Stat. 506 (15 U.S.C. 2057, 2058)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 63364, Dec. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1305"
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# 1305.4 Artificial fireplace ash and embers as banned hazardous products.

On the basis that airborne asbestos fibers present the hazards of cancer such as lung cancer and mesothelioma to the public, artificial fireplace ash and embers containings respirable free-form asbestos are banned hazardous products.