Asbestos Blog

If you got sick on the job, you can claim workers’ comp for asbestos exposure.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was widely used as a building and manufacturing material for its strong resistance to heat and fire, electricity, pressure, sound, acid and rust. Unfortunately, microscopic asbestos fibers are easily breathed and swallowed, and become embedded in the body, causing terrible asbestos-related illnesses over time. For this reason, most [...]Read More...

In simplest terms, a surfactant is just a wetting agent (chemical) that increases a liquid’s ability to penetrate a specific target. Amending Water In regards to asbestos, a surfactant would be anything that increases the ability of a liquid (usually water) to penetrate and safely bind with any asbestos-containing material (ACM).  This technique is also [...]Read More...

“Serpentine indirectly is of great economic importance to California. It is a host rock for the state’s newest and most rapidly–growing mineral industry–asbestos, now bringing in several millions of dollars annually. It is an attractive rock, selected varieties of serpentine make good cutting material, and is used for bookends, paperweights, etc. Designating serpentine as the [...]Read More...

There is no escaping the fact that smoking is dangerous to our health. In fact, it is the number one cause of preventable deaths in America. Not only does the cocktail of toxic substances in cigarettes and other tobacco products cause cancer, but they also weaken the user's lungs. With lungs that are already more [...]Read More...

Most people know that old buildings contain asbestos. Most people do not know that builders placed much of this asbestos in the walls, as opposed to buried somewhere deep inside the structure. Later, as asbestos-laced walls deteriorate, the fibers often enter the surrounding air. Furthermore, most people do not know that it is still legal [...]Read More...

Checkered Journey of Asbestos Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber. It existed 5,000 years ago but came into prominence with industry only in the late 1860s. Its properties such as resistance to heat, fire, and chemicals, electrical non-conductivity, and strength building made asbestos a popular material for use by various industries. Soon, various companies [...]Read More...

Industry has a history of concealing the health and safety dangers of products. Millions of people have paid a price for corporate industry cover-ups. The latest culprits in the dragnet are oil companies, and documents that they were warned by their own scientists about the harm their product could have on climate change. Journalists with [...]Read More...

History of Asbestos in Building As far back as the Stone Age, people used asbestos in building materials. Back then, and for many years thereafter, builders of all shapes and sizes used this fibrous mineral to strengthen ceramic pots and other fragile items. Asbestos was a cheap and effective filler useful for many purposes. Charlemagne, [...]Read More...