Each year I post once in January to remember the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy, including the potential involvement of asbestos. For this year, my material is at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=10167 and at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=10618. The second citation includes a wall poster of the Challenger by IBM prior to the ill-fated flight with the statement “Defect Prevention … It…
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My last blog posting was on October 10, 2025 when I needed to focus on my research and writing for my classwork. I will endeavor to be more diligent. I have posted 225 blogs, although a few have just been summaries. This blog number 226 is a table of the prior blogs by topic, date,…
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If you read one thing today, make it the Togo, Africa Study Report on Asbestos. You can find it at https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Final_Asbestos_Report_TOGO_2025-1.pdf Ambroise and his team have done an amazing job of catching the asbestos-related issue as they start to percolate to the surface as technology and people advance. I asked Ambroise to develop a historical…
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I am in 7th Heaven, or maybe a kid in a candy shop. I have found in one book entries for 1,594 asbestos-related documents published prior to 1930. In the below New York Library reference book published in 1929, number 788 of the 1,594 documents discusses the work on asbestos by Pliny the Elder, and…
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As I consider how to structure my History PhD student projects, I want to ensure that I stay focused on asbestos related issues as much as possible. As such, I will periodically publish those projects that keep my feet to the ground and direct me to my ultimate goal; that is, locate and disseminate asbestos…
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To my friends. As I am up to 220 or so blogs, and my historical blogs get a fair amount of comments and discussion, below is my table of blogs with the blog number, title, date, and URL links. If you are researching specific issues or just trying to get a leg up on history…
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I have previously blogged on investigating trade names, either in the abstract or directly (see https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=10781). Because such identification of the product and manufacturer is key to almost all asbestos-related issues, I wanted once again to provide a road map to anyone investigating this to complete an inspection, prepare a plan, commit to budget, or…
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As I continue my efforts to help educate those who are seeking information about asbestos-related issues, a new tool is now available to help those in need: the Global Asbestos Forum Magazine published by the Global Asbestos Forum foundation. For those who are ill, it is an easy to read starting point. For new attorneys,…
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I attended by zoom on June 23, 2025, the first day of the symposium in Grenoble discussing legacy asbestos issues. To say the first day was outstanding and provide new pathways in my brain thought capacity would be a gross understatement. The two issues that attendees need to sort out are the dual language (French…
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We hear about asbestos imported to the United States, primarily from Canada and South Africa, but with some coming from places like Australia. What we don’t often discuss is commercial asbestos mining companies selling asbestos from United States based mines. So, today we will discuss the 1978 book titled Petrology, Structure, and Genesis of the…
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