Asbestos Blog

What U.S. Naval Veterans should know about hazardous asbestos. Asbestos was used in almost every U.S. Navy vessel until the 1980s. Between the 1930s and early 1980s, almost every vessel in the Navy was built from asbestos-based products. While we know today that asbestos poses an incredible hazard to human health, the United States Navy [...]Read More...

About Asbestos: An Overview The term “asbestos” is Latin for “pure, incorruptible” and this substance consists of naturally occurring fibers that are found in rocks and in soil. Asbestos is actually a summative term to describe six minerals: chrysotile (serpentine asbestos), actinolite asbestos, amosite (asbestos cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyl-lite asbestos, crocidolite (asbestos riebeckite), and tremolite asbestos. Collectively, [...]Read More...

Asbestos is a naturally occurring fiber found in rocks and in soil. It has a long history of being revered for its heat resistance, durability, and utility, and asbestos has been used in many products over the years. The use of asbestos dates back to ancient times. Historians discovered that it was applied over Byzantine [...]Read More...

Short Answer: Roofing cement in your building may contain asbestos. Asbestos is incredibly resistant to fire and other elements, so it was used in construction materials of all kinds until the mid-1980s. This includes roofing materials like shingles and roofing cement.  Unless you or a previous owner specifically removed asbestos from your home or other [...]Read More...

Short Answer: Possibly. Asbestos is an incredibly utilitarian mineral that was used in construction materials of all kinds for its resistance to fire and other degradation. Asbestos was especially used in roofing materials like shingles and roofing cement, and nearly every building constructed before the mid 1980s contained some form of asbestos. Unless you or [...]Read More...

New burn pit legislation will help compensate many veterans’ asbestos-related illnesses. On March 3, 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. With the new legislation in place, military veterans would be eligible for compensation and free treatment of health conditions that developed as a result of [...]Read More...

SHORT ANSWER: Not really.  An air purifier generally will not remove the dangers of asbestos fibers if they are present in the area, because asbestos fibers are microscopic and durable. Even with an air purifier, people on (or even near) the premises where asbestos is exposed can still inhale or swallow asbestos fibers. Over time, [...]Read More...

Fireproof Asbestos was used in manufacturing Guns and Ammo When, in the immortal words of Johnny Cash, Mama said a pistol was the devil’s right hand, she probably had no idea how right she was.  Gun factories, like most other industrial buildings, contain significant amounts of asbestos. If even one microscopic fiber makes it into [...]Read More...

The recent SCOTUS decision on EPA Oversight could affect asbestos regulation. One of the most turbulent Supreme Court terms in recent years ended with a decision that could be more impactful than the other headline-grabbing opinions the Supremes recently issued. What was the Supreme Court case of W. Virginia v. EPA all about? On its [...]Read More...

US News and World Report rank MD Anderson as America’s number one cancer hospital, with the facility holding the top spot for the past seven years.  Now, the Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center is launching a phase II clinical trial that will focus on rare, advanced cancers, such as mesothelioma, in conjunction with a promising [...]Read More...

If you know anything about asbestos, you will likely know that it is an extremely harmful substance that can cause lung disease and aggressive forms of cancer. You may also know that it is a naturally occurring mineral that, once ingested or inhaled, remains in the body unchanged, gradually causing damage and inflammation, often resulting [...]Read More...

Decades after the deadly effects of asbestos were exposed, the mineral still lurks in a wide range of building structures throughout the country, including schools. Asbestos in schools Around half of the schools currently operating in the US were originally built in the 1950s and 1960s. During this time, asbestos was considered to be a [...]Read More...