It is not easy to identify asbestos in a product unless it is labeled. In some instances, if your home dates from between 1930 and even as late as 1970, it could contain some form of asbestos. During this period of construction, asbestos was regularly used to make roofing tiles, floor tiling, vinyl-based floor tiles, insulation for ceilings and pipes, cement sheet and even the door gaskets of furnaces, coal stoves and wood stoves. While production of these products generally ceased after 1950, some were still on the market until the 1970s. If you have any suspicion about asbestos in your home or workplace, you need to contact government agencies as well as asbestos consultants. They can arrange for testing to confirm or negate your suspicions. Testing the air and the products themselves is the only way to determine the presence of asbestos. It is the only way you can identify asbestos in your environment. If any issues have arisen regarding the presence of asbestos, contact a specialist in asbestos law.