The mixture of asbestos fibers and portland cement to form a hard material that was was durable and fire resistant is credited to Ludwig Hatschek who, in 1900, came up with the name Eternit associated with a U.S. producer of these products. The typical life expectancy of an cement asbestos...
The City of Casselberry has about 60 miles of asbestos cement (AC) pipe remaining in their distribution system. Since City staff had planned, designed and managed 35 miles of pre-chlorinated AC pipe bursting in the past, City staff elected to plan, design and manage execution of this project...
and fraud by intentional concealment of the dangerous asbestos exposure caused during installation of its asbestos-cement pipe. (Michael and Cindy Burch v. CertainTeed Corporation, Case No. RG16819332, Alameda County Superior Court; Nos. A151633, A152252, A153624, First District Court of Appeal, ...
Stomach Cancer: Researchers have suggested that asbestos in water from cement pipes may cause gastrointestinal cancers. A recent report discovered a link between talc exposure and the risk of stomach cancer. The World Health Organization already associates gastrointestinal cancers with asbestos exposure, ...
Cement Drywall Floor tiles Heat-resistant gloves and clothing Roofing Other building materials Asbestos-containing products are relatively safe and stable when they are sealed or left intact. But when damaged, disturbed, or modified,asbestos productsmay release deadly fibers into the air. Some older ...
While few sources are clear on this point and some research confuses cement asbestos pipe with Orangeburg, it's possible that some production of Orangeburg pipe included asbestos which would have been added as a filler or as a strengthening fiber. See also PATENTS for ORANGEBURG PIPE whose tex...
The risk for pleural mesothelioma was dominated by time since first exposure to crocydolite in the pipe factory while the risk for bronchial cancer increased with smoking and total fibre years. An unexpected finding was an increase of gastric cancer in asbestos cement workers. CONCLUSION: Lung ...