Hi All,
I am a newbie to scrapping. So far I have been doing mostly copper wire stripping. My question is...What is the white paper substance that falls apart as I am dismantling wires sometimes? The few times I have encountered this I was stripping orange extension power cords. The reason I ask, is that this material as ist falls apart gets on my hands and makes them itch and I am starting to worry that it could be asbestos. I know they use paper products as an wire insulator sometimes because it is a poor conductor. How do I know if it is asbestos?