For decades, thousands of American workers were unknowingly exposed to asbestos on the job. Before safety regulations were ...

W.R. Grace did not make asbestos, but used it in fireproofing material. The company filed for bankruptcy in April 2001 after seeing an 81 percent increase in asbestos claims the year before.

Many older buildings use asbestos materials for fireproofing as well as in insulation pipes, acoustical decorative ceilings, floorings and roofing materials. “”It does not burn,”” Wagner said.

"Asbestos is a natural occurring mineral that we mound out of the earth. There's 3,000 products worldwide that contain asbestos." Decades ago it was most often used fireproofing and insulation.

Another summer of asbestos removal work is planned this year at Schaumburg High School.Crews will remove spray-on fireproofing material that contains asbestos from portions of the lower two floors ...

In 1971, I did my very first asbestos inspection and air sampling. I had lectured to my environmental geology class about asbestos hazards and one student who had just inherited a factory asked if … ...

The Saginaw Centre was built in 1972, at a time when asbestos was commonly used for fireproofing, Londrigan said. "It's very common in buildings from that time period," he said.

The presence of asbestos was not surprising: It was commonly used as an ingredient in insulating and fireproofing materials until it was banned beginning in the 1970s. Because the vast network of ...

Cinergy Corp., a large public utility, owns an office building it constructed in 1972. At that time, asbestos fireproofing material was in wide use and was considered safe. However, since then the ...

Henry H. Deutch, who worked at the time for the construction managers, Tishman Realty & Construction, says that asbestos fireproofing was sprayed on some of the steel and mixed in plaster in the ...

Asbestos is a mineral that was widely used as fireproofing in building projects until the 1970s. Though coming into contact with asbestos that hasn’t been disturbed isn’t harmful, it can ...

Between Jan. 25 and Jan. 29, seven separate samples came back with asbestos contents of 20 to 65 percent in fireproofing material and wall debris, the claim said.