Alex Berenson

Determining how many asbestos suits have been filed or how much companies have spent to resolve them is difficult. Cases are filed in state and federal courts, and many companies do not disclose their spending on settlements.

American Author

Pete Dunne

I started in an asbestos filled room on some thin judo mats and the first time I was in a ring was my first match. We did shows for 50 people and were pleased with that.

English Wrestler

John Roberts

When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?

American Judge

Ben Eine

I did long-term re-insurance claims. Asbestos, health hazards, pollution. It was very boring. But I've got quite a mathematical brain and it paid well.

English Artist

John Engler

American Politician

Asbestos is dangerous if inhaled; causes lung-related illnesses, highlighting its health risks is crucial.

Health Hazard

Asbestos was popular historically for its durability and fire resistance before its dangers were known.

Historic Use

Asbestos use is now heavily regulated or banned in many countries due to its health risks.

Regulation and Ban

 alerting us to critical health hazards, such as smoking, asbestos, lead, and many more. But these were demonstrated through multiple, well-conducted epidemiological studies, all pointing in the same direction. So, the next time you see a headline about a new miracle cure

Not all scientific...

 Mice, of course, are the quintessential model organism. They're even better models of environmental health, because not only the same mammalian biology, but they share your diet, largely. They share your environmental stressors, the asbestos levels and lead levels,

Natalie Jeremijenko:...

 bringing all those toxic hazardous wastes with it and all those poor workers who doesn't have any skill are forced to break the ships and they don't have any training they don't have any propulsion they don't have any safety equipments with them asbestos is

Where Ships Go to Die,...

 It was in the football ground. It was in the skating rink. What she didn't learn until she started working this problem is vermiculite is a very toxic form of asbestos. When she figured out the puzzle, she started telling everyone she could

Margaret Heffernan: The...

 So what are the kinds of things that we don't want to be breathing, besides bacteria and viruses? Well, we all know to stay away from asbestos and now we can see why. This is a close-up view of the mineral that asbestos is made from,

Visualizing hidden...

 plus proof of the greatest health protection ever.] What the smoker of this product didn't know, what their doctor didn't know, what the government didn't know, is that this was a filter that was lined with asbestos --

The past, present and...

 It starts about 1890. And the electric fan was a big success. The electric iron, also very big. By the way, this is the beginning of the asbestos lawsuit. There's asbestos under that handle there.

Jeff Bezos: The...

 in terms of Industry there's been asbestos here explosives the petrochemical industry obviously up at Curtin with the oil refineries there this is in many senses a toxic place

The Other Side of Essex...

 new throwaway culture fell in love with single-use plastics and didn't worry about the consequences vinyl and asbestos on the floor embrace sun sea and sky colors oh the irony

A Brief History of How...

 at all and that's terrifying Colorado used to be considered we called it the asbestos State because it just was not a significant fire environment