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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This will be my shortest blog, ever. Still, it is very important. April 1 through 7, 2022 has been designated as Global Asbestos Awareness Week, including a lot of activities for those people with an interest in asbestos related diseases. Linda Reinstein at the ADAO (Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization) is certainly taking an active role…
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I am all for the sanctions against Russia, especially those which involve most the world. Next time, let’s both limit their exports and do the world a favor. Ban their asbestos exports to every country; at least, put on an all out press to do so. That would stop 700,000 tons of the yearly 1.2…
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Asbestos related lawsuits in the United States make it difficult and expensive to effectively use social media to communicate about asbestos related issues, such as my recent thesis on the failure of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s asbestos containing putty. If you haven’t yet read my thesis, you can find it at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=9723. This disconnect with…
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October 22, 1981 is when my dad passed away from Mesothelioma, likely arising from asbestos exposure during World War II while in the Navy. My understanding is that, in his agony, my mom may have used an especially heavy thumb on the morphine feeding machine that day. If she was able to muster that amount…
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I enjoy our trips down history lane. We hear a lot of antidotal evidence about when the commercial use of asbestos became viable, with many people pointing to the then newly discovered mines in Canada during the 1870s. However, shortly after General Robert E. Lee gave up the ghost at Appomattox on April 9, 1865,…
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Thank you for joining me. You can find my thesis dated January 28, 2022, thirty-six years after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy, to review or download at: https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Space-Shuttle-Challenger-Thesis-1282022.pdf I have titled the thesis “Space Shuttle Challenger January 28, 1986 Tragedy: 36 Years Later, A Retrospective on Causation and Moral Injuries.” Please feel free to share…
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