From the first death attributed to asbestos exposure at a workplace — Nellie Kershaw’s, who worked at a company that wove asbestos cloth and died in 1924 — the evidence shows that companies ...

Roughly 100,000 people have died due to asbestos exposure in the U.S., mostly thanks to exposure during ship-making. But as deadly as it is, the stuff sure works: ...

MTA officials on Tuesday moved to shut down a set of ventilation units containing asbestos-laced cloth at the sprawling East New York bus depot in Brooklyn, sources said. The move comes a day after… ...

The image below is the actual asbestos woven cloth. Karl the Great , the first Holy Roman emperor , is said to have liked the white tablecloth spun from asbestos.

From Ancient Artifact to Modern Menace: The History and Use of AsbestosDenver, Colorado, Aug. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To understand the reasoning behind the use of asbestos in modern building ...

The bodies of embalmed Egyptian pharaohs were wrapped in asbestos cloth for preservation between 2,000 and 3,000 B.C. Finnish clay pots from 2,500 B.C contained asbestos fibers to strengthen them.

The asbestos-filled cloth is designed to reduce vibrations on the noisy air vents. Heating and air conditioning professionals stopped using the cloth in the 1970s.

Asbestos, a mineral found notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decomposeunder even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily.