Old TVs did have asbestos such as in circuit boards, power supplies and cable dressings such as in tube televisions.
New TVs don't have any asbestos.
Household items that contain asbestos are older toasters, older coffee pots, older hair dryers and irons, ironing boards, older dishwashers, older washing machines, older dryers, older heaters and older popcorn poppers.
Gaskets, millboard and products such as ashtray coasters and flash guards in electrical panels can also contain asbestos.
Older vinyl floor tiles and the backing of vinyl sheet flooring and adhesives as well as textured pain and patching compounds used on walls can contain asbestos.
Old refrigerators contain asbestos, especially if the refrigerator was made before 1980.
Refrigerators that were made before 1980 used asbestos as insulation to keep the cold air in and protect components of the refrigerator from water damage.
The wiring and compressor packing in older refrigerators also contain asbestos.
Exposure to asbestos is the main cause of mesothelioma and mesothelioma can take between 20 years to 60 years to appear after being exposed to asbestos.
The items that are most likely to contain asbestos are older home insulation, cement asbestos boards used in siding and roofing, ceiling tiles and textured ceilings like popcorn ceilings, floor tiles, older appliances, old brake linings, old brake pads, gaskets, old chimneys, joint compound and adhesives.
Other products that can contain asbestos are art supplies, fertilizer, greenhouse benches, some Jewelry, ironing board covers, cigarette filters and hair dryers.
Attic and wall insulation that was made containing vermiculite and vinyl floor tiles.
Some older models of toasters such as from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s have small amounts of asbestos in them.
Asbestos was used in toasters as insulation for heat and electricity and the risk of any exposure to the asbestos from the toasters is low unless you take the toaster apart.
The asbestos fibers can be released from the toaster if the toaster is taken apart and frayed wiring of older toasters can also contain asbestos.
In newer toasters they don't have any asbestos and are safe.