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Mesothelioma Cases Caused by Environmental Factors are Increasing: This includes Household and Neighborhood Exposure to Asbestos. Be Careful out There.

May 25, 2023

The February 2023 scholarly article published by Junjie Huang, PhD and twelve co-authors lays out a very convincing argument that Mesothelioma cases caused by occupational exposures to asbestos are decreasing in the developed countries while Mesothelioma cases caused by environmental cases, including household and neighborhood exposures, are increasing. As stated by those thirteen authors at…
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Asbestos-Related Issues Impacting Bangladesh Shipbreaking Laborers: My Research Thesis.

May 12, 2023

My second of three research thesis is now complete and at my professor for grading and feedback. The title is “Asbestos-Related Issues Impacting Bangladesh Shipbreaking Laborers” and you may find a full copy at https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Asbestos-Bangladesh-Shipbreaking-582023.pdf. The paper is thirty eight pages not including the Bibliography because, after all, there are a lot of asbestos-related issues…
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ChatGPT and Asbestos: Let’s give it a Try.

May 5, 2023

I decided to look into ChatGPT at https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt to see what it has to say about asbestos. Just some simple questions. Question 1. In how many products has asbestos fibers been used since recorded history? Asbestos has been used in a wide variety of products throughout recorded history due to its heat-resistant properties and durability.…
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Are You Renovating a House Built in 1877? Might that Last Layer of Paint that you are scraping off the Bare Wood have Asbestos? You Bet.

April 28, 2023

This blog is a little short as I am still focusing on my research thesis entitled “Asbestos-Related Issues Impacting Bangladesh Shipbreaking Laborers.” I should complete that project within a couple of weeks. For this blog, let’s talk paint. I happen to have a H.W. Johns’ manual from March 1, 1877 (yes, over 150 years ago)…
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The Breadth of Asbestos Products by the 1920s: Or, why you need to worry today when taking down old schools, houses, factories, theaters, offices, etc.

April 20, 2023

By the 1920s, asbestos in the United States was everywhere. To elaborate, let’s use the Johns-Manville Book titled Service to Industry from either 1924 or 1925 — the exact time of publication is a little confusing. For a mostly product catalogue, it shows just how ubiquitous asbestos was in the day to day life back…
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Interested in What Facts Brought Down Johns-Manville: The 330 Page Index to the Motley 1000 Documents Begins the Discussion.

April 7, 2023

If you have never heard of the Motley 1000 documents, then you have not spent time as the Manville document repository in Denver, Colorado feeling lost and confused. These are the documents as organized by Ron Motley and his teams of lawyer associates called the Asbestos Litigation Group in 1978 with the goal of upending…
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week: Asbestos: One Word. One Week. One World – April 1 – 7, 2023

April 1, 2023

As I did for the Global Asbestos Awareness Week in 2022, this will be one of my shortest blogs, ever. Still, it is very important. April 1 through 7, 2023 has been designated as Global Asbestos Awareness Week, including a lot of activities for those people with an interest in asbestos related diseases. The ADAO…
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Asbestos History Blogs: A List for Your Convenience.

March 29, 2023

I posted a summary of my asbestos blogs a couple of months ago (January 12, 2023) after I reached the 100 blog level. Given the number of new readers and the breadth of my posts (now up to about 110), I would like to post that list again. If any of the below interests you,…
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Asbestos Related Issues Impacting Bangladesh Shipbreaking Laborers: Any Input in Advance?

March 23, 2023

I have “finally” completed my outline, organized an Abstract, and am working towards drafting the research article discussing the impact of asbestos on shipbreaking laborers in Bangladesh, including a focus on whether jurisdiction for some of the health-related issues should be available in the United States. If anyone reading this blog is so inclined and…
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Trade Names: How can you tell if a Historical Product Contained Asbestos Fibers?

March 16, 2023

Determining whether a historical product contained asbestos fibers is a lot easier than you might have thought. There are a lot of older books available on eBay and other similar sites for a reasonable sum of money that are right on point. See, for example, The Handbook of Material Trade Names published in 1953 by…
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