I am on vacation this week and heading out to meet my new grandson. As such, for my Blog, I will simply point you in the direction of my very first Blog from December 16, 2020 at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=619 for your reading pleasure. Since then, my 70 plus Blogs have received over 9500 views. I am…
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When it comes to asbestos related historical science, we have a number of failures that confuse rather than clarify. Just look at my blog from March 5, 2021 entitled “The Disappearing Blog on Chrysotile Asbestos” posted at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=2052 for a discussion on some of these issues. The scientific literature on whether asbestos related cancers arising…
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This one is special. I often see questions about whether a certain product discovered at an industrial or commercial site might be asbestos. If you run across this issue in your job, then I have a “go to” resource for you to use as a starting point. No pictures, unfortunately (although the Owens Corning Picture…
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The United States Air Force Academy Cadel Chapel is a destination location here in Colorado Springs. Construction began in 1959, when asbestos was generally considered safe in the building trades. The Chapel has been closed for a few years for reconstruction and, now that asbestos has been located, they are delaying the re-opening from October…
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As I begin to focus on my Master’s in History thesis number two, this one on asbestos exposure to ship-breaking workers, I am looking for any attorneys (let’s start off with United States based) who might have the time, desire, and inclination to help; help the overseas ship-breaking workers, that is, and not my thesis.…
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By the end of World War II, the US Navy had grown from a fleet of roughly 700 commissioned ships to more than 6,000, each one bearing a unique name and constructed as part of a class of ships. This blog will focus on the Liberty Class of ships that were so essential to the war…
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Since I started blogging when I entered my Master’s in History program, I have blogged 64 times. As it is tough to track these blogs, below is a total listing with links. I plan to continue this work as I focus my research on asbestos exposures to shipbreakers and then expand this work to ship…
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I am beginning my path towards writing articles and (hopefully) a book on asbestos issues arising from shipbuilding, seafaring, and ship breaking. This will be a tremendous opportunity for me to personally better understand and then discuss the history and remaining legacy issues. I hope that you come along for the ride and participate with…
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I would like to once again bring history to life through the use of Ellis Island, the Coal Mines, to the Asbestos Capital of the World published by the Manville, NJ Public Library in 1987. The statement by Joe and Stella Utasi covers so many areas including, like many of the other stories in the…
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I received my final documents from NASA under a Freedom of Information Act request that I sent in October 2021 as part of my Masters Thesis dealing with the Space Shuttle Challenger. One of my focuses in the paper was to address whether the statement that “the Challenger tragedy on January 28, 1986 was caused…
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