asbestos

Asbestos is no longer used as frequently as it once was. However, it’s still in the insulation, flooring and other parts of older buildings as well as in automobile brake pads and other products made throughout much of the 20th century. This is sometimes referred to…

Vessel construction and maintenance are some of the biggest tasks performed by the United States Navy. Both civilian and military service members can end up doing intense labor on naval ships. Shipfitters are skilled workers who handle materials to help build,.

Once a doctor has diagnosed you with mesothelioma or any other asbestos-related disease, you may want to look at compensation options. To do so, you need to work out where the asbestos exposure occurred. It may be obvious to you. Perhaps you once had a job where you…

Asbestos remediation is a very important process. It helps protect the owners and occupants of a building from chemical exposure that could have serious long-term health consequences. It also makes that building more sustainable for long-term human use. Proper…

A Louisiana asbestos inspector turned out to be a con artist, duping the school board that hired him out of thousands of dollars, but, more alarmingly, may have exposed hundreds of the district’s schoolchildren to asbestos. Marc Victoriano, 46, of Covington, was…

The Environmental Protection Agency recently opted to stop fighting a court order regarding asbestos. It was battling over closing loopholes that make it difficult for the agency to compile information about asbestos importing and use. A group of environmental…

If you have watched ads on TV about mesothelioma and how to get compensated thousands, millions or billions of dollars because of a settlement, then you may be interested in making that claim. What those commercials don’t tell you is that victims of asbestos exposure…

Louisiana’s many bodies of water are part of its rich cultural heritage and thus why maritime work is so big in the state. There are inherent risks associated with maritime work, though. They go far beyond water-related or vessel operations dangers. Maritime workers…

If you have discovered a substance that you suspect to be asbestos in your home or office, then you’re likely aware that there are testing companies that will confirm the identity of the substance that you found. You may not be aware that there is an abatement process…

It’s a common belief that people who suffer from asbestos-related illnesses worked in construction or shipyards. Most people wouldn’t associate it with having worked in a theater. However, from the 1950s through the 1980s, manufacturers used asbestos to make the…