Photo Album of Some Asbestos Containing Products

The following are just a few photographs of asbestos containing products and/or containers.

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High Pressure Steam Boiler

An asbestos worker applying asbestos block to the boiler walls to a boiler located in a powerhouse. The total thickness of the insulation block on the boiler can be in excess of six inches1 .

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Turbine in a Powehouse

Note the cross over steam pips connecting the high and low pressure turbines. This photograph was taken during construction in a Commonwealth Edison powerhouse in Chicago, Illinois1 .

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Kaylo Pipecovering

This photograph is taken from an Owens-Corning Kaylo product brochure. Two insulators are applying asbestos pipe covering on high-pressure steam lines in a powerhouse1 .
1 The above photographs are courtesy of Mr. Terry Lynch's "Mesothelioma and the Asbestos Workers: Father, Spouse, Contemporary and Daughter: A Short Story of Their Exposure and Disease."

He presented this at the 4th Annual Asbestos Awareness Day Conference. The conference took place from March 28-30 at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. During his speech, Mr. Lynch discussed his union's moral obligation to keep their workers safe and talked about other families who have been affected by asbestos. To view the full presentation, click here.

Terry Lynch is the International Vice-President, Political and Legislative Director and Health Hazard Administrator for the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers. He is also a Director of the Pacific Heart Lung & Blood Institute (www.phlbi.org)

Fibreboard Corporation

  • Pabco Pipe Insulation

  • Pabco Cement

  • Pabco Block Insulation

Owens-Illinois/Owens-Corning

  • Kaylo

Philip Carey Manufacturing Company

  • Carey Pipe Insulation

National Gypsum

  • Gold Bond Joint Compound

  • Sprayolite Acoustical Plaster

  • Two-in-One Joint Compound

U.S. Gypsum

  • Red Top Plaster

  • Durabond Joint Compound