Asbestos Products:The Poison

Asbestos Insults

• Navy Veterans Heavily Exposed to Asbestos on Ships, but Bail Out Bill Undermines Right to Fair Compensation (7/25/06)
• Dirty Little Secret - Asbestos Laces Many Residential Soils (7/10/06)
• Families of Workers Blame Deaths On Plant's Use of Asbestos (11/4/02)
• Asbestos Has Had Serious, Not-So-Serious Uses Over Time (11/4/02)
• The Victims Of A Stealthy Killer (11/3/02)
• Asbestos Diseases Wait To Attack (11/3/02)
• Asbestos A Natural Danger in Northern California (7/26/01)

Case Study of Disease in Libby, Montana
Click Here to view 'Smoking Gun' Documentation from W.R.Grace/Zonolite Company

• Asbestos From Libby a Far More Toxic Variety (11/7/05)
• Bankrupt W.R. Grace Pays Execs Big Bucks to Stick Around (3/31/05)
• Rail Against Injustice But Invest in a Cure! Klaus Brauch (2/22/05)
• The Cruel Saga of Asbestos Disease (2/21/05)
• US Indictment Against WRG and & 7 officers (US Federal Court, Missoula, MT). Read here. (2/10/05)
• In the Long Fight Against Asbestos, a Legal First (2/9/05)
• WRG Asbestos Indictments are Called a First Step (2/9/05)
• W.R. Grace Indicted in Libby Asbestos Deaths (2/9/05
• W.R. Grace: 'A Civil Action' II (1/27/05)
• U.S. Is Set To Issue Asbestos Warning (5/20/03)
• Panel Urges U.S. to Ban Asbestos Imports (5/7/03)
• Senators Call on EPA to Live Up to Its Word, Warn Homeowners on Asbestos-Tainted Insulation (3/29/03)
• W.R. Grace/Zonolite Company: Processing Plants (3/16/01)
• Asbestos-related health issues in Montana alert Minnesotans (2/26/01)
• ABCNEWS.com : 20/20: Asbestos Contamination Kills Hundreds (4/11/00)
• Environmental exposure to tremolite and respiratory cancer in New Caledonia: a case-control study. (2/22/00)
• http://www.alewife.org: Alewife Study Group and W.R. Grace in Cambridge Massachusetts (2/3/00)
• History of Asbestos Disease in Libby, MT (A.Schneider)
• Montana Governor From Libby Should Have Known of Dangers (A.Schneider)
• EPA Investigates Asbestos in Libby -- "Has Moral Obligation to Clean Up Contamination" (A.Schneider)
• The History of W.R. Grace & Co. (Seattle PI)
• Editorial: Libby folks must get some answers (Seattle PI)

Bankrupt Defendants

• Manufacturers
• Key to Owens Corning Bankruptcy Exit (10/25/06)
• OCF and Fibreboard $5.1 Billion Asbestos Settlement Trust Approved, Takes Effect October 30, 2006. (10/4/06)
• Flintkote Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition (5/28/04)
• Despite 3 years in Bankruptcy, Former Asbestos Behemoth USG reports Record High Profits (5/13/04)
• Liability Lawsuits Galore Dog 3M Over Dust Masks (4/18/4)
• When Bankruptcy Means "Business as Usual" (3/5/04)
• Big Three Automakers Sue Honeywell (9/29/03)
• NASCAR: First Refuge of Broke-down Asbestos Bankrupts (4/2/03)
• Message to Asbestos Defense: Solve the Problem, Cure the Cancer (3/31/03)
• ABB And Combustion Engineering Reach Asbestos Agreement (2/14/03)
• J T Thorpe Co. Files Prepackaged Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan (11/20/02)
• Unimpaired Claims Explosion Accelerates Bankruptcies (2/18/02)
• A.P. Green and Harbison-Walker File for Bankruptcy (2/15/02)
• Kaiser Aluminum Files for Bankruptcy (2/14/02)
• North American Refractories Files for Chapter 11 (1/7/02)
• Firms Hit Hard As Asbestos Claims Rise (12/18/01)
• Federal-Mogul Corporation Files for Chapter 11 (10/1/01)
• Study: All Major Asbestos Makers Face Bankruptcy (8/15/01)
• U.S. Mineral Files for Chapter 11 (7/23/01)
• U.S. Gypsum Files for Chapter 11 (6/28/01)
• Former Asbestos Maker USG Considers Bankruptcy (6/4/01)
• W.R.Grace Files for Chapter 11 (4/2/01)
• Owens Corning Files for Bankruptcy (10/5/00)
• Against Backdrop of Rash of Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, Time to Consider Legislation That Preserves Right of Access to Courts for Malignancy/Disabled Asbestos Victims. (12/4/00)
  • An Addendum -- 3/7/01

Household Appliances

• Asbestos-Laden Ovens May Pose Risk to Bakers (11/07/01)
• Unique Suit Targets Appliance Firms Family Claims Asbestos Killed Local Repairman. San Clemente, CA (3/20/01)

Brake and Clutch Linings

• Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers (8/23/06
• NASCAR Broadcaster Attributes Lung Cancer to Asbestos in Brakes (8/14/06)
• Asbestos Concerns Resurface. Brake Imports Using Fibers Surge, Imperiling Mechanics. (5/3/06)
• Asbestos Brake Companies Promote Myth that Chrysotile is Safe. Letter to EPA by Dr. David Egilman (11/20/03)
• EPA Warning On Asbestos is Under Attack (10/27/03)
• A Mechanic's Epitaph: 'Someone has got to warn these kids' (11/17/00)
• Most Mechanic's Don't Know -- Or Don't Care -- About Asbestos (11/17/00)
• Asbestos Industry Has Shown Its Might (11/16/00)
• Nation's Mechanics at Risk From Asbestos (11/16/00)

Union Carbide

• Union Carbide, Calidria and the Coalinga Asbestos Mine. The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (5/25/06)
• Asbestos Lawsuits Create U.S. Legal Crisis (10/4/04)
• King City, Coalinga, Union Carbide, Kelly Moore and Calidria: A History of Ploys to Whitewash the Wicked White Powder (9/27/04)
• Union Carbide Liable for Asbestos Illnesses (10/28/02)

Photo Albums

• Fibreboard
• Owens-Illinois/Owens-Corning
  Owens Corning Files for Bankruptcy (10/5/01)
• Philip Carey Manufacturing Company
• National Gypsum
• U.S. Gypsum
  * U.S. Gypsum Files for Chapter 11 (6/28/01)