Sounds curious to me - I've never heard of asbestos inside cartridge fuses (I thought it was usually sand, and as the cartridge remains sealed even if the fuse element blows, even if there was asbestos in there I can't see it being a significant risk).  Rewirable fuse carriers certainly had a history of asbestos and of course can in some circumstances can be retrofitted with cartridge fuses, so I can imagine that some types of carriers might be suspect even if local knowledge says they contain cartridge fuses (and normally they wouldn't want to open them to check, as that would risk disturbing the fibres and increase the very risk they're trying to control). But as described it does sound muddled. Maybe someone's thinking is sound but it hasn't carried through accurately to the words, or maybe the thinking isn't quite right.

   - Andy.

Just received an asbestos report back from sampling a variety of fuses. Essentially fuses made to the BS88:1975 standard or earlier contained asbestos (a few spurious exceptions).

Were as Fuses made to BS88:1988 and after had no asbestos detected. 

Asbestos identified in the millboard (Chrysotile).

Even if asbestos would be detected in its 'rather-safe' form (Chrysotile) in sealed fuses, the exposure is eliminated. 
Dealing with fuses is many orders of magnitude safer than skin contact, using cosmetics with asbestos present in cosmetic talc.   

Never said the fuses aren't safe to handle, purely bringing to attention the potential hazard if they become damaged and to dispose of them correctly.

I don't use cosmetics

Cheers

Never said the fuses aren't safe to handle, purely bringing to attention the potential hazard if they become damaged and to dispose of them correctly.

I don't use cosmetics

Cheers