Having played around on the Internet the last few weeks, I am concerned over a number of postings which claim that buildings constructed in the United States after 1978 shouldn’t contain asbestos. That is just not true and unknowing people may be relying on those statements. Hence, this post. First of all, the EPA ban…
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Asbestos has been used on a variety of components on ships since at least the late 1800s. This blog isn’t about Navy ships as I already blogged on that topic at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=9987. Rather, this blog is to provide a history primarily concerning civilian sailing vessels such as a cruise ship or an oil tanker and…
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For those of you who like to collect old documents or do your own research, especially for asbestos related issues, the Hathi Digital Trust is a great place to start. Never heard of the Hathi Digital Trust? You are leaving behind 18 million documents scanned into electronic format by Google. A good discussion is found…
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I first posted my full research project discussing this Internet myth during January 2022 in the blog located at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=9723. The full blown 75 page research paper with footnotes and bibliography can be read at https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Space-Shuttle-Challenger-Thesis-1282022.pdf. If you are interested in the topic but do not want to read the entire scholarly analysis, please find…
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As I dig into the published material for my research thesis focusing on the asbestos exposure arising from shipbreaking in Bangladesh, I think that a blog discussing the stark differences between developing countries and developed countries might be worthwhile. I have chosen the year 2000 for a comparison as England went asbestos free in 1999…
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I started my weekly asbestos history blogs on December 16, 2020. Just over two years later, the total has reached 100. Hopefully, you find them interesting, informative, and thought provoking. For those of you who have joined me after the beginning or who have specific topics of interest, I am listing the blogs in the…
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Nazis, death camps, and Priests. For my 98th weekly blog, I am going to detour from directly discussing asbestos, although this story is taken from the stories about Johns-Manville provided by the residents of Manville, N.J. during 1987 in the book published by the Manville Public Library titled Ellis Island, the Coal Mines, to the…
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My blog this week will change the pace back to pure history, including what was then thought to be a wonderful development of Johns-Manville moving to Manville, New Jersey. This discussion involves the city outside of the factory and, quite honestly, during a time when asbestos had a good reputation. The city leaders were proud…
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The discussion book today is not light reading and most people will never need it. However, experts doing a deep dig to search for articles and insomniacs awake at 3 a.m. might find it of value. Specifically, the 1929 Index of asbestos containing material then possessed by the New York Public Library. This includes a…
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This blog doesn’t really involve history, but I think it important. I seem to get Mesothelioma related ads almost continually, with many focused on the choice of attorneys for those who are potentially interested in pursuing claims. As you may know, I have a web page at https://theasbestosblog.com/?page_id=172 that provides my thoughts as to what…
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