> >www.BreastImplantAwareness.org > >Another longtime cover up: Jan wrote: > Hulda Clark has been warning people of mold and abestos for > years,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,while other were busy calling her a quack.
People were correctly calling her a quack for many reasons, none being asbestos related.
The simple fact is that there is no cover-up regarding asbestos. In the 1980's, under AHERA, schools nationwide removed tons of it. Construction companies were forced to perform abatement before renovations or demolition. There is no doubt that there are very sick people with asbestosis and mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos. I meet several of them every month and can usually find some documentation of their possible exposure so they can recevie WC benefits.
Backj in the 1950's and 1960's, there was no idea that asbestos exposure could be so dangerous. During WWII boat builders at the Navy Yards were routinely exposed to it, brought the dust home, and exposed their families. No one knew.
When I was in elementary school, I received a kit from a group in Canada, where asbestos was mined, called "Asbestos-The Magic Mineral." I brought it to school for a science project. No one knew.
Once the dangers became known, precautions were put in place, and, eventually, abatement was begun. There is far less asbestos in our environment to day, and HULDA CLARK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!
Anyone claiming that there was a cover-up is an liar.
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The EPA Comes Clean on Asbestos
EPA warning on asbestos is under attack Lawyers target materials detailing dangers in brakes
The federal government’s 17- year effort to warn backyard and professional mechanics of the dangers of cancer-causing as- bestos in brakes is under attack.
The deadly truth about asbestos A brief chronology of what the owners and managers of asbestos companies knew, and when they knew it.
1890s * Asbestos, which previously had few industrial uses, becomes a raw material for large manufacturing industries, exposing large numbers of workers to asbestos dust for the first time. Asbestos-caused disease often develops decades after a person was first exposed. As a result, it was not until the early 1900s that large numbers of workers developed symptoms. David Kotelchuck, "Asbestos: ‘The Funeral Dress of Kings' - and Others" in Dying for Work: Workers' Safety and Health in Twentieth-Century America, ed. by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN 1987, p193
1918 * A Prudential Insurance Company official notes that life insurance companies will not cover asbestos workers, because of the "health-injurious conditions of the industry." Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.5-6
1930 * Major asbestos company Johns-Manville produces report, for internal company use only, about medical reports of asbestos worker fatalities. Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.663
1932 * Letter from U.S. Bureau of Mines to asbestos manufacturer Eagle-Picher states: "It is now known that asbestos dust is one of the most dangerous dusts to which man is exposed." Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, Pantheon Books, New York NY, 1985, p.327
1933 * Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. doctors find that 29 percent of workers in a Johns-Manville plant have asbestosis. Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.26
* Johns-Manville officials settle lawsuits by 11 employees with asbestosis on the condition that the employees' lawyer agree to never again "directly or indirectly participate in the bringing of new actions against the Corporation."
Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, Pantheon Books, New York NY, 1985, p.114
1934 * Officials of two large asbestos companies, Johns-Manville and Raybestos-Manhattan, edit an article about the diseases of asbestos workers written by a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company doctor. The changes minimize the danger of asbestos dust. Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, Pantheon Books, New York NY, 1985, p.114-15
1935 * Officials of Johns-Manville and Raybestos-Manhattan instruct the editor of Asbestos magazine to publish nothing about asbestosis. Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, Pantheon Books, New York NY, 1985, p.116
1936 * A group of asbestos companies agrees to sponsor research on the health effects of asbestos dust, but require that the companies maintain complete control over the disclosure of the results. Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.587
1942 * Internal Owens-Corning corporate memo refer to "medical literature on asbestosis . . . . scores of publications in which the lung and skin hazards of asbestos are discussed." Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.195
1942 or 1943 * The president of Johns-Manville says that the managers of another asbestos company were "a bunch of fools for notifying employees who had asbestosis." When one of the managers asks, "do you mean to tell me you would let them work until they dropped dead?" The response is reported to have been, "Yes. We save a lot of money that way." Testimony of Charles H. Roemer, Deposition taken April 25, 1984, Johns-Manville Corp., et al v. the United States of America, U.S. Claims Court Civ. No. 465-83C, cited in Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.581
1944 * Metropolitan Life Insurance Company report finds 42 cases of asbestosis among 195 asbestos miners. Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.654
1951 * Asbestos companies remove all references to cancer before allowing publication of research they sponsor. Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.71
1952 * Dr. Kenneth Smith, Johns-Manville medical director, recommends (unsuccessfully) that warning labels be attached to products containing asbestos. Later Smith testifies: "It was a business decision as far as I could understand . . . the corporation is in business to provide jobs for people and make money for stockholders and they had to take into consideration the effects of everything they did and if the application of a caution label identifying a product as hazardous would cut into sales, there would be serious financial implications." Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.666
1953 * National Gypsum's safety director writes to the Indiana Division of Industrial Hygiene, recommending that acoustic plaster mixers wear respirators "because of the asbestos used in the product." Another company official notes that the letter is "full of dynamite," urges that it be retrieved before reaching its destination. A memo in the files notes that the company "succeeded in stopping" the letter, which "will be modified." Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.669-70
1964 * Dr. Irving Selikoff publishes a study of asbestos workers in the Journal of the American Medical Association, proving that people who work with asbestos-containing materials have an abnormal incidence of asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.126
1966
* Raybestos-Manhattan official writes: "We feel that the recent
unfavorable publicity over the use of asbestos fibers in many different kinds of industries has been a gross exaggeration of the problems. There is no data available to either prove or disprove the dangers of working closely with asbestos." Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.590
1971 * First OSHA asbestos-exposure standard issued. Federal Register, vol.36, p.10466 et. seq.; May 29, 1971
1973 * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bans spray-on asbestos insulation as an air pollution hazard. Federal Register, vol.38, p.8820 et. seq.; April 6, 1973
1977 * Lawyers for injured workers obtain the Sumner Simpson papers, which show that the companies had suppressed information about the danger of asbestos for at least 40 years. Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, Pantheon Books, New York NY, 1985, p.111
* The first bill to limit the product liability of asbestos companies is introduced in Congress. Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, Pantheon Books, New York NY, 1985, p.194
1978 * Judge rules there had been "a conscious effort by the [asbestos] industry in the 1930s to downplay or arguably suppress, the dissemination of information to employees and the public for fear of the promotion of lawsuits." Amended order, Barnett v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp et al, State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, Court of Common Pleas, Aug. 23, 1978, cited
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> > >www.BreastImplantAwareness.org > > >Another longtime cover up: > Jan wrote: > > Hulda Clark has been warning people of mold and abestos for > > years,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,while other were busy calling her a quack.
> People were correctly calling her a quack for many reasons, none > being > asbestos related.
> The simple fact is that there is no cover-up regarding asbestos. In > the > 1980's, under AHERA, schools nationwide removed tons of it. > Construction > companies were forced to perform abatement before renovations or > demolition. > There is no doubt that there are very sick people with asbestosis and > mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos. I meet several of them > every > month and can usually find some documentation of their possible > exposure so > they can recevie WC benefits.
> Backj in the 1950's and 1960's, there was no idea that asbestos > exposure > could be so dangerous. During WWII boat builders at the Navy Yards > were > routinely exposed to it, brought the dust home, and exposed their > families. > No one knew.
> When I was in elementary school, I received a kit from a group in > Canada, > where asbestos was mined, called "Asbestos-The Magic Mineral." I > brought it > to school for a science project. No one knew.
> Once the dangers became known, precautions were put in place, and, > eventually, abatement was begun. There is far less asbestos in our > environment to day, and HULDA CLARK HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!
> Anyone claiming that there was a cover-up is an liar.
> -------------------------------------------
> The EPA Comes Clean on Asbestos
> EPA warning on asbestos is under attack Lawyers target materials > detailing > dangers in brakes
> The federal government’s 17- > year effort to warn backyard and > professional mechanics of the > dangers of cancer-causing as- > bestos in brakes is under attack.
> The deadly truth about asbestos > A brief chronology of what the owners and managers of asbestos > companies knew, > and when they knew it.
> 1890s > * Asbestos, which previously had few industrial uses, becomes a raw > material > for large manufacturing industries, exposing large numbers of workers > to > asbestos dust for the first time. Asbestos-caused disease often > develops > decades after a person was first exposed. As a result, it was not > until the > early 1900s that large numbers of workers developed symptoms. > David Kotelchuck, "Asbestos: ‘The Funeral Dress of Kings' - and > Others" in > Dying for Work: Workers' Safety and Health in Twentieth-Century > America, ed. by > David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, Indiana University Press, > Bloomington, IN > 1987, p193
> 1918 > * A Prudential Insurance Company official notes that life insurance > companies > will not cover asbestos workers, because of the "health-injurious > conditions of > the industry." > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.5-6
> 1930 > * Major asbestos company Johns-Manville produces report, for internal > company > use only, about medical reports of asbestos worker fatalities. > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.663
> 1932 > * Letter from U.S. Bureau of Mines to asbestos manufacturer > Eagle-Picher > states: "It is now known that asbestos dust is one of the most > dangerous dusts > to which man is exposed." > Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, > Pantheon > Books, New York NY, 1985, p.327
> 1933 > * Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. doctors find that 29 percent of > workers in a > Johns-Manville plant have asbestosis. > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.26
> * Johns-Manville officials settle lawsuits by 11 employees with > asbestosis on > the condition that the employees' lawyer agree to never again > "directly or > indirectly participate in the bringing of new actions against the > Corporation."
> Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, > Pantheon > Books, New York NY, 1985, p.114
> 1934 > * Officials of two large asbestos companies, Johns-Manville and > Raybestos-Manhattan, edit an article about the diseases of asbestos > workers > written by a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company doctor. The changes > minimize > the danger of asbestos dust. > Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, > Pantheon > Books, New York NY, 1985, p.114-15
> 1935 > * Officials of Johns-Manville and Raybestos-Manhattan instruct the > editor of > Asbestos magazine to publish nothing about asbestosis. > Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, > Pantheon > Books, New York NY, 1985, p.116
> 1936 > * A group of asbestos companies agrees to sponsor research on the > health > effects of asbestos dust, but require that the companies maintain > complete > control over the disclosure of the results. > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.587
> 1942 > * Internal Owens-Corning corporate memo refer to "medical literature > on > asbestosis . . . . scores of publications in which the lung and skin > hazards of > asbestos are discussed." > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.195
> 1942 or 1943 > * The president of Johns-Manville says that the managers of another > asbestos > company were "a bunch of fools for notifying employees who had > asbestosis." > When one of the managers asks, "do you mean to tell me you would let > them work > until they dropped dead?" The response is reported to have been, > "Yes. > We save > a lot of money that way." > Testimony of Charles H. Roemer, Deposition taken April 25, 1984, > Johns-Manville > Corp., et al v. the United States of America, U.S. Claims Court Civ. > No. > 465-83C, cited in Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal > Aspects, 4th > edition, Aspen Law and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.581
> 1944 > * Metropolitan Life Insurance Company report finds 42 cases of > asbestosis among > 195 asbestos miners. > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.654
> 1951 > * Asbestos companies remove all references to cancer before allowing > publication of research they sponsor. > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.71
> 1952 > * Dr. Kenneth Smith, Johns-Manville medical director, recommends > (unsuccessfully) that warning labels be attached to products > containing > asbestos. Later Smith testifies: "It was a business decision as far > as > I could > understand . . . the corporation is in business to provide jobs for > people and > make money for stockholders and they had to take into consideration > the effects > of everything they did and if the application of a caution label > identifying a > product as hazardous would cut into sales, there would be serious > financial > implications." > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.666
> 1953 > * National Gypsum's safety director writes to the Indiana Division of > Industrial Hygiene, recommending that acoustic plaster mixers wear > respirators > "because of the asbestos used in the product." Another company > official notes > that the letter is "full of dynamite," urges that it be retrieved > before > reaching its destination. A memo in the files notes that the company > "succeeded > in stopping" the letter, which "will be modified." > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.669-70
> 1964 > * Dr. Irving Selikoff publishes a study of asbestos workers in the > Journal of > the American Medical Association, proving that people who work with > asbestos-containing materials have an abnormal incidence of > asbestosis, lung > cancer, and mesothelioma. > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.126
> 1966
> * Raybestos-Manhattan official writes: "We feel that the recent
> unfavorable > publicity over the use of asbestos fibers in many different kinds of > industries > has been a gross exaggeration of the problems. There is no data > available to > either prove or disprove the dangers of working closely with > asbestos." > Barry I. Castleman, Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, 4th edition, > Aspen Law > and Business, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1996, p.590
> 1971 > * First OSHA asbestos-exposure standard issued. > Federal Register, vol.36, p.10466 et. seq.; May 29, 1971
> 1973 > * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bans spray-on > asbestos > insulation as an air pollution hazard. > Federal Register, vol.38, p.8820 et. seq.; April 6, 1973
> 1977 > * Lawyers for injured workers obtain the Sumner Simpson papers, which > show that > the companies had suppressed information about the danger of asbestos > for at > least 40 years. > Paul Brodeur, Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, > Pantheon > Books, New York NY, 1985, p.111
