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How we can help your company. Johns Manville fiber glass is a healthier and safer choice, made with sustainable materials. Our products are specifically developed for performance with health, safety and quality in mind. First and foremost, we’re concerned with the health, comfort and well-being of a building’s occupants. Second, our products are designed to promote and support sustainable building practices. These benefits help improve indoor air quality and offer a sustainable alternative for earning points in a variety of green programs such as the LEED ® green building certification program. Johns Manville fiber glass can eliminate or reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in your products. That’s because we offer certified Formaldehyde-free fiber glass insulation, helping you remove one potential source of formaldehyde from a wide variety of thermal, acoustical and mechanical products. Fiber glass applications include: n Aerospace n Air handling n Appliance n Building insulation n HVAC n Office interiors n Pipe and equipment n Transportation
Fiber glass. The safe, sustainable insulation with proven performance. Fiber glass offers proven thermal and acoustic performance. One of the most thoroughly tested building materials, fiber glass has been proven safe for both workers in your facilities and those who ultimately use the products you offer. Fiber glass is also sustainable, made with both readily available local materials and recycled content. FibeR glass is saFe. In an age when few companies are willing to make categorical statements, we offer this: Fiber glass is safe. JM doesn’t offer that statement as opinion, but as fact based on the most recent long-term research and published results from some of the world’s most respected health organizations. Over the years, fiber glass has been rigorously studied by government and independent research organizations. Their conclusions show that fiber glass is safe as a finished product or as a product component, and it is safe for workers who make or install the product when they follow simple work practices to avoid temporary mechanical irritation. the ReseaRch. In 2000, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences found “no significant association between fiber exposure and lung cancer or nonmalignant respiratory disease in the MMVF (man-made vitreous fiber) manufacturing environment.” U.S. National Academy of Sciences In 2001, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) removed fiber glass insulation from its list of possible carcinogens. According to the agency, “studies…provide no evidence of increased risks of lung cancer or of mesothelioma from occupational exposures during manufacture of these materials, and inadequate evidence overall of any cancer risk.” World Health Organization The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) stated in 2004 that “studies showed no consistent evidence of disease among groups of workers involved in the manufacture of SVFs (synthetic vitreous fibers).” U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Johns Manville Fiber Glass 2
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