With all that is going on in the asbestos world, including how the election of Donald Trump may make environmentalists glad that the United States Supreme Court shot down the Chevron doctrine, I have a number of blogs on which I am working. For today, I am going to re-post my listing of blogs which…
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I am earnestly preparing for my October 4th three theses defense and, as such, am going to skip doing a new asbestos blog this week. Probably next week also. Rather, as I realize how so many of the asbestos exposure decisions involve cost trade offs, I would just like to bring home how safety must…
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I have been traveling for a while and won’t return to my home office for another week or two. Rather than rush through a blog, I have taken the opportunity to post a summary of my past blogs including title, date and a hot link. Typically, these summaries get a lot of viewers, and so…
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My last blog summary listing was on March 30, 2024. As the blogs that contain a summary always receive a good viewership, it is time for an updated chart. The below include the topic, the date, and a link to the particular blogs. Please enjoy. Thanks. Marty Blog Title Date Blog Location 1 Asbestos, a…
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My third and final thesis for my masters program is titled “South African Blue Asbestos Fibers at the Illinois Beach State Park: Mistakes of our Past, Concerns for the future” located at https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IBSP-5-52024.pdf. I hope that you find it interesting and informative. Although this paper focuses on issues in Illinois, the paradox of satisfying safety/environmental…
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I presented yesterday at the P.A.T. (a history fraternity) Colorado Regional Conference held in Colorado Springs, using my Challenger thesis as the centerpiece of the discussion. My topic was researching whether the January 28, 1986 Challenger tragedy was caused by an asbestos substitute that failed. For those of you who have not yet read that…
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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 and then again in a blog during January 2023 at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=10618. 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…
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Below is a listing with hot links to each of my 150 asbestos history blogs since December 2020. It has been a wonderful three years and I appreciate the interest so many of my friends have shown. My total view count is about to reach 22,000 for these last three years. My blogs are intended…
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I posted my first Asbestos-Related blog just prior to entering the Masters of History program here at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in January 2021. I am about to reach 20,000 views in just under three years and am honored with your interest. For those who were not with me at the start…
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As my readership continues to grow, I like to periodically provide a searchable summary of my prior blog topics, just in case a reader would like to search for a specific topic. My prior posts of this list have drawn a lot of readers. As such, my prior asbestos blog posts are as follows: Blog…
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