Asbestos in Brake and Clutch Linings
Additional Information:
Below are three articles that provide an overview of the defense strategy to defend a friction case and how they attempt to frame the issue as junk science (hence negating causation). They provide scientific evidence to refute that position and reveal what great lengths industry will go to in order to create "scientific evidence."
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[1] Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have admitted in litigation that, since 2000, they have paid over Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) to these experts. See, Ford and General Motors, Answers to Interrogatories, Unden v. General Motors, Case No. 05:6311, Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Florida and Chrysler IRS Form 1099s produced in litigation
Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers (6/8/07)
On April 2, 2007 EPA released the final brochure entitled, Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers. The brochure is intended to provide information for automotive professionals and home mechanics on preventing exposure to brake and clutch dust that may contain asbestos fibers. More...
Asbestos Risks From Brakes Reaffirmed (5/7/07)
Two independent events last week shored up the fact that asbestos-containing brakes pose a health hazard to workers. For years, asbestos makers and distributors have falsely claimed in court that the asbestos fibers contained in the brakes pose no danger to mechanics or other workers exposed to the airborne fibers. More...
Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers (8/23/06
This information can help professional automotive technicians and home mechanics who repair and replace brakes and clutches. More...
NASCAR Broadcaster Attributes Lung Cancer to Asbestos in Brakes (8/14/06)
On August 11, the Sports Illustrated website posted an interview with retired NASCAR driver and longtime broadcaster Benny Parsons, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. The interview includes a discussion of his disease, in which Parsons says, "if I had to blame anything for this problem my guess is it would be asbestos. More...
Asbestos Concerns Resurface. Brake Imports Using Fibers Surge, Imperiling Mechanics. (5/3/06)
A significant increase in imports of automobile brakes containing asbestos over the past decade is raising renewed concerns for the health of the nation's auto mechanics. More...
Asbestos Brake Companies Promote Myth that Chrysotile is Safe. Letter to EPA by Dr. David Egilman (11/20/03) More...
EPA Warning On Asbestos is Under Attack (10/27/03)
The federal government's 17-year effort to warn backyard and professional mechanics of the dangers of cancer-causing asbestos in brakes is under attack. More...
Several articles By CAROL SMITH and ANDREW SCHNEIDER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS
- 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)
- Cancer Victim Changed His Own Brakes for Years (11/16/00)