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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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asbestos. Mineral (actually impure hydrous magnesium silicate) of fibrous texture, capable of being woven or compressed into an incombustible fabric or sheet. By the second half of C19 fire-resistant fabrics made of asbestos were being made, and later, by the first decade of C20, the material, combined with cement, was used to make
asbestos cement moulded into pipes, sheets, and insulating material. Corrugated asbestos cement sheets were in widespread use from the 1914–18 war, and asbestos-cement pipes were being manufactured in large quantities from the 1920s. Unfortunately, asbestos causes asbestosis (a lung disease caused by inhaling dust from the mineral) and mesothelioma (malignant tumour on the lining of the chest or abdomen), causing massive problems, as the material was widely used in building after 1945. It has been superseded by other materials, notably GRC (glass-reinforced concrete).
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Asbestos Exposures to Cost U.S. Insurers $200 Billion.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/13/2001; 700+ words
; ...Tribune Business News Jun. 13--Asbestos has overtaken environmental liabilities...Settlements to individuals exposed to asbestos in the United States and related expenses...percent of the costs will fall on the asbestos defendants, such as manufacturers and...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Releases Findings that Reveal Evidence of Asbestos in Everyday Products.
Business Wire; 11/28/2007; 700+ words
; Products Containing Asbestos Include Children's Toys, Appliances...amp; Garden Items WASHINGTON -- The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO...dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today unveiled research showing...
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The asbestos dilemma.
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 1/14/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...her that he had ripped out a pile of asbestos pipe insulation. Pregnant, mother...the woman was stunned to learn of asbestos in her basement. She also knew it was unsafe and illegal to remove asbestos, which can cause cancer, without...
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ASBESTOS IN THE WORKPLACE:RICHARD WILSON
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 3/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...here. I was immediately concerned about asbestos. It worried me that the industry and...concerned that measurements of airborne asbestos concentrations were often taken in a...limits were reduced a hundred fold and asbestos was removed from hundreds of locations...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Announces ADAO's Coalition for Asbestos Awareness; Coalition Honors Passing of Warren Zevon.
Business Wire; 9/7/2004; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON -- The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an organization dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today launched the ADAO Coalition for Asbestos Awareness, in honor of the anniversary of the...
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Asbestos Survey Caveats (or should it be Caveat Emptor?) Max Lopacki of NATAS:GROUP offers some words of advice for clients who commission asbestos surveys.(Asbestos News Monthly)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: The Safety & Health Practitioner; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...insight into the current state of play with asbestos duty holders in particular, how close...compliance with Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 (CAW2002...already compliant, having had their asbestos surveys and registers completed, to...
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ASBESTOS RISK INFLATED, LATEST STUDY CONCLUDES.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/19/1990; 700+ words
; ...Rebecca Kolberg United Press International Asbestos found in schools and other public buildings...little risk for lung disease, and "asbestos panic" may be leading to costly and...medical experts concluded, "Chrysotile asbestos, the type of fiber found predominantly...
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Asbestos trust may shortchange Californians
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; Americans who never worked with asbestos but have been breathing its toxic fibers...medical bills paid out of a $140 billion asbestos trust fund headed for Senate debate today...say. As Congress considers eliminating asbestos litigation and replacing it with a federal...
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ASBESTOS LITIGATION:PATRICK LEAHY
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 9/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...from experts, representing all sides in asbestos litigation, to get a better understanding of how asbestos victims, defendants and others fare in...providing fair and efficient compensation to asbestos victims. We must begin by acknowledging...
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Asbestos trust fund may shortchange area residents
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; Americans who never worked with asbestos but have been breathing its toxic fibers...medical bills paid out of a $140 billion asbestos trust fund headed for Senate debate today...say. As Congress rushes to eliminate asbestos litigation and replace it with a federal...
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Asbestos
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
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SIC 3292 Asbestos Products
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 3292ASBESTOS PRODUCTS This category includes companies that primarily make asbestos textiles, asbestos building materials (except asbestos paper), insulating materials for covering boilers and pipes, and other products composed...
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asbestos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
asbestos common name for any of a variety of silicate minerals...more or less resistant to acid and fire. Chrysotile asbestos, a form of serpentine , is the chief commercial asbestos. Varieties of amphibole asbestos are amosite, used...
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Manville Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...mid-1980s, Manville mined and sold asbestos for use in insulation, building, aerospace...history is inextricably intertwined with asbestos. The company has divested itself of its interests in all asbestos-related businesses, and is enmeshed...
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Johns Manville Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Until the mid-1980s, JM mined and sold asbestos for use in insulation, building, aerospace...divested itself of its interests in all asbestos-related businesses but remained involved in substantial litigation brought by asbestos workers with claims based on the effects...
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