Cancer Centers are designated by the National Cancer Institute. They do basic laboratory research; translate research findings into clinical practice; conduct clinical studies and trials; research cancer prevention and control; offer information about cancer to patients, the public, and health care professionals; and provide community service related to cancer control.
Alabama:
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
Basic Health Sciences Building
1824 Sixth Ave. South
Birmingham, AL 35294-3300
205-934-5077
Arizona:
University of Arizona Cancer Center
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AX 85724
602-626-7925
California:
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California at Los Angeles
10833 Le Conte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1781
800-825-2631
310-825-5268
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
1441 Eastlake Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90033-0800
213-764-0816
City of Hope National Medical Center
Beckman Research Institute
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
818-359-8111
818-301-8164
Clinical Cancer Center
University of California at Irvine Cancer Center
101 The City Drive
Orange, CA 92668
714-456-6310
Clinical Cancer Center
University of California at San Diego Cancer Center
200 W. Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92130
619-543-3325
Clinical Cancer Center
Colorado:
University of Colorado Cancer Center
4200 East 9th Ave.
Denver, CO 80262
303/270-3007
Clinical Cancer Center
Connecticut:
Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8028
203-785-4095
Washington, DC:
Lombardi Cancer Research Center
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Resevoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007
202/687-2110
Florida:
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami Medical School
1475 Northwest 12th Ave.
Miami, FL 33136
305-548-4918
Illinois:
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
5841 S. Maryland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
312-908-5250
Clinical Cancer Center
Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
Northwestern University
303 E. Chicago Ave.
Olson Pavilion, Rm 8250
Chicago, IL 60611
312-908-5250
Clinical Cancer Center
Maryland:
The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-8943
410-955-8822
Massachusetts:
Dane-Farber Cancer Institute
33 Binney Street
Boston, MD 02115
617-632-2233
Michigan:
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
102 Observatory
Ann ARbor, MI 48109-0724
313-936-1831
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
110 E. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MD 48201
313-833-1146
Minnesota:
Mayo Cancer Center
Mayo Foundation
200 Fist Street, SW
Roghester, MN 55905
507-284-3753
Clinical Cancer Center
New Hampshire:
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
603-650-4141
New York:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cancer Research Center
Chanin Building
1300 Morris Park Ave.
Bronx, NY 10461
718-430-2302
Clinical Cancer Center
Roswell Park Cancer
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
800-767-9355
213-845-5770
Columbia Presbyterian Comprehensive Cancer Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
701 W. 168th STreet
New York, NY 10032
212-305-6921
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Ave.
New York, NY 10021
800-525-2225
212-639-6561
Kaplan Cancer Center
New York University Medical Center
550 First Ave.
New York, NY 10016
212-263-5349
Clinical Cancer Center
University of Rochester Cancer Center
601 Elmwood Ave.
Rochester, NY 14642
716-275-6292
Clinical Cancer Center
North Carolina:
UNC Libeberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-684-5613
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University at Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Ohio:
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
300 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
800-638-6996
614-293-4878
Case Western Reserve University Cancer Research Center
11100 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
Clinical Cancer Center
Pennsylvania:
Fox Chase Cancer Center
7701 Burholme Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19111
215-728-2781
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-662-6334
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center
200 Meyran Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2592
800-537-4063
412-692-4670
Jefferson Cancer Center
Thomas Jefferson University
233 South 10th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-503-4645
Clinical Cancer Center
Tennessee:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 North Lauderdale
Memphis, TN 38105
901-495-3301
Clinical Cancer Center
Vanderbilt Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University
649 Medical Research Building
Nashville, TN 37232
Texas:
The University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcolmbe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
713-792-7500
Utah:
Huntsman Cancer Institute
University of Utah Health
Science Center
Building 533
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-4048
801-581-4330
Clinical Cancer Center
Vermont:
Vermont Regional Cancer Center
University of Vermont
1 S. Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05401
802-656-4414
Virginia:
Cancer Center
University of Virginia
Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, VA 22908
804-924-2562
Clinical Cancer Center
Massey Cancer Center
Medical College of Virginia
1200 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23298
804-828-0450
Clinical Cancer Center
Washington:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1124 Columbia Street
Seattle, WA 98104
206-667-5000
206-667-4302
Wisconsin:
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792
608/263-8610
ASBESTOS
Asbestos is made up of microscopic fibers that may become airborne when asbestos containing materials and products are damaged or disturbed.
Most asbestos fibers are invisible to the unaided human eye because their size. When asbestos fibers get into the air they may be inhaled into the lungs or swallowed into he digestive system where they can cause significant health problems. The word "asbestos" is derived from a Greek adjective meaning inextinguishable.
There are three most commonly used types of asbestos: white, brown, and blue. Brown and blue asbestos are most commonly associated with mesothelioma.
Six minerals are defined as "asbestos" including: chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite and actinolite.
Asbestos was used in many products that were made for protection from heat and flame. This included clothing, such as gloves, to stuffing asbestos insulation into electrical conduit, to using asbestos to make fire proof cloth for use in power plants or petroleum refineries.
Asbestos also has excellent insulation and noise deadening qualities. Asbestos was used in many construction products, including floor and ceiling tiles and wall board. Any home built before 1978 probably contains asbestos somewhere.
ASBESTOS AND MESOTHELIOMA
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma cancer comes from inhaling or digesting asbestos dust particles. Mesothelioma is a life-threatening disease and should not be left untreated. Most cases of mesothelioma begin in the pleura or peritoneum.
Mesothelioma cancer occurs in the thin layer of tissue that covers your internal organs (mesothelium). The mesothelium is a membrane that covers and protects most of the internal organs of the body. It is composed of two layers of cells: One layer immediately surrounds the organ; the other forms a sac around it.
The mesothelium produces a lubricating fluid that is released between these layers, allowing moving organs (such as the beating heart and the expanding and contracting lungs) to glide easily against adjacent structures.
Mesothelioma is most common in the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).
Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos.
There are funds available for asbestos victims.
ASBESTOS EXPOSURE
Millions of Americans and people all over the world have been poisoned by toxic levels of asbestos, putting them at risk for mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, and other deadly diseases that are directly caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers.
Before the grave dangers of asbestos were known, and even for years after the dangers were known, asbestos was used in literally thousands of products that humans and animals encounter every day — particularly in building components such as ceiling and floor tiles, walls, bricks and stucco, and in automotive parts such as brakes and clutches.
People who worked in the asbestos industry or in fields in which asbestos is used as a component of a product are most at risk for mesothelioma. Many individuals who have mesothelioma labored for years or even decades in jobs that required frequent contact with asbestos. When this mineral is mined, processed, woven, sprayed or otherwise manipulated, its microscopic fibers can be released into the air, where they may be inhaled, initiating the development of mesothelioma.
Asbestos exposure occurs when the asbestos that is in the products becomes damaged. Once damaged, the asbestos fibers are released into the air. The fibers are microscopic, smaller even than a grain of pollen, and invisible to the naked eye. The asbestos fibers, if inhaled or ingested, can become lodged into the body where it can create severe medical problems.
Approximately 100,000 people in the United States have died, or will die, from asbestos exposure related to ship building.
There were approximately 4.3 million shipyard workers in the United States during WWII; for every thousand workers about 14 died of mesothelioma and an unknown number died from asbestosis.
Occupations that have high rates of asbestos exposure include ship builders, oil refinery workers, steel workers, power plant workers, Navy shipyards, pipe fitters, auto workers, railroad workers and construction workers.
ASBESTOS SYMPTOMS
Asbestos symptoms include shortness of breath due to pleural effusion (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest wall pain, and general symptoms such as weight loss
Asbestos Signs and Symptoms:
- abdominal pain
- bowel function problems
- chest wall pain
- weight loss
- pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung
- shortness of breath
- fatigue or anemia
- wheezing, hoarseness, or cough
- blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up (hemoptysis)
Asbestos Signs and Symptoms in Severe Cases:
- blood clots in the veins, which may cause thrombophlebitis
- disseminated intravascular coagulation, a disorder causing severe bleeding in many body organs
- jaundice, or yellowing of the eyes and skin
- low blood sugar level
- pleural effusion
- pulmonary emboli, or blood clots in the arteries of the lungs
- severe ascites
From A to Z list of known Asbestos Products
Did You Know?
In the mid 1920s, an English doctor made the first diagnosis of asbestosis, and this was followed by a study which showed that 25% of English asbestos workers showed signs of a related lung disease.
A
During the 20th century, some 30 million tons of asbestos were used in industrial sites, homes, schools, shipyards and commercial buildings in the U.S.
- Accent Panels
- AC&S Asbestos Products
- Acoustic Finishes
- Acoustical Panels
- Acoustical Plaster
- Acoustic and Stippled Finishes
- Acoustical Tile
- Acoustone Ceiling Tiles
- Adhesives
- Aeroflex
- Aerogun Insulating Mix
- AFJ Board
- Agricultural Filler
- Aircell
- Aircell Asbestos Board
- Aircell Block
- Aircell Board
- Aircell Paper
- Aircell Pipe Covering
- Aircell Sheets
- Air Cell Pipe Covering
- Aircell Zebra Pipe cover
- AirDuct Insulation
- Allbestos
- Alumi-Shield Pipe cover
- Amblerex #2 Cement
- Amblerex finishing Cement
- Antisweat covering
- Antisweat Pipe Covering
- Appliance Components
- Appliance Insulation
- Apron
- Armabestos
- Armabestos Block
- Armabestos Pipe Covering
- Armafil
- Armaflex
- Armaflex Finish
- Armaflex Pipe covering
- Armaflex sheets
- Armaflex Tape
- Armaglas
- Armaglas Flex
- Armaglas Fire Fesistant
- Armalite
- Armalok
- Armaspray
- Armatemp #10 Cement
- Armatemp 85% Magnesia
- Armatemp Block
- Armatemp Cement
- Armatemp Pipe Covering
- Armstrong 1/8" Vinyl ASBE
- Armstrong Block
- Armstrong Cal Sil
- Armstrong Fire Resistant
- Armstrong Lagging Adhesive
- Armstrong Pipe Covering
- Armstrong Products
- Armstrong Woolfelt
- Arrestone Asbestos Pads
- Artificial Fireplaces and Materials
- Asbestocel
- Asbestocel Corrugated Paper
- Asbeston
- Asbeston Cloth
- Asbestone Panels
- Asbestos
- Asbestos Blankets
- Asbestos Block
- Asbestos Board
- Asbestos Boiler Wall Coat
- Asbestos Canvas
- Asbestos Cement or Bell and Spigot Cast Iron
- Asbestos Cement Ceiling Tile
- Asbestos Cement pipe
- Asbestos Cement Soffits
- Asbestos Cellular pipe cover
- Asbestos Cloth
- Asbestos Cord
- Asbestos Corrugated Sheets
- Asbestos Curtains
- Asbestos Felt
- Asbestos Fiber
- Asbestos Fiber felt
- Asbestos Finishing Cement
- Asbestos FlatBoard
- Asbestos Forms
- Asbestos Furnace tape
- Asbestos Gaskets
- Asbestos Gloves
- Asbestos Heat bags
- Asbestos Insulating blankets
- Asbestos Insulating Cement
- Asbestos Insulation
- Asbestos Lap
- Asbestos Micarta
- Asbestos MillBoard
- Asbestos Mineral wool
- Asbestos Mittens
- Asbestos Packing
- Asbestos Pads
- Asbestos Packing
- Asbestos Panels
- Asbestos Paper
- Asbestos Paper Pipe covering
- Asbestos Pipe Covering
- Asbestos Products/Care
- Asbestos RollBoard
- Asbestos Roof Panels
- Asbestos Rope
- Asbestos Seals
- Asbestos Sheets
- Asbestos Sponge Block
- Asbestos Sponge Cover
- Asbestos Spray
- Asbestos Tape
- Asbestos Tank Jacket
- Asbestos TexTile
- Asbestos Tiles
- Asbestos Weatherproof
- Asbestos Wick
- Asbestos Yarn
- Asbestos-Faced Mineral Wool
- Asphalt
- Asphalt Floor Tile
- Atlasite Block
- Atlasite Pipe covering
- ASB Weatherproof Jacket
- Attic Insulation
- Automotive Breaks
- Automotive Clutches
- Automotive Hoodliners
- Automotive Products
B
The first use of asbestos dates back to 2500 B.C., when it was used as a wick material for oil lamps and also in pottery making.
- Baby Powder
- Baldwin-Hill Cement
- Baldwin-Hill Products
- Barbecue Fire Starters (electric)
- Barbecue Mits
- Base Flashing
- Bead Board
- BEH Block
- BEH Cement
- BEH Pipe Covering
- BEH Products
- B-H Expansion
- Bestfelt
- Bestfelt Block
- Bestfelt Pipe covering
- Beverage Filters
- Black Asbestos
- Block Adhesive
- Block Stick
- Blown-in Insulation
- Blue Mud Cement
- Board
- Boilers
- Boiler Coating
- Boiler Wall Coating
- Boiler Breeching Insulation
- Boiler Insulation
- Bonding Cement
- Breaching Insulation
- Brick and Block Mortar
- Brake Linings
- Brake Pads
- Brake Parts
- Blaze Shield
- Block
- Board
- Boiler Wall Coat
- Boilers
- Buck Stay Cement
- Building Exteriors
- Building Overhangs
- Burner Mats
- B&W Boilers
- B&W Firebrick
C
In the mid 1920s, an English doctor made the first diagnosis of asbestosis, and this was followed by a study which showed that 25% of English asbestos workers showed signs of a related lung disease.
- Cables
- Cafco Adhesive
- Cafco Blaze Shield
- Cafco Emulsion Adhesive
- Cafco Heat Shield
- Cafco Patching Fiber
- Cafco Powershield
- Cafco Sealer
- Cafco Shield-Coat
- Cafco Sound Shield
- Cafco Spray
- Calcium Silicate
- Calcium Silicate Block
- Calcium Silicate Canvas
- Calcium Silicate Cement
- Calcium Silicate Cover
- Calcium Silicate Hangers
- Calcium Silicate Insulation
- calcium silicate Pipe Covering
- Calcrete30
- Calsil Block
- Calsilite
- Calsilite Block
- Calsilite Canvas
- Calsilite Insulating Cement
- Calsilite Pipe Covering
- Caltemp Cement
- Canvas
- carded Asbestos cloth
- Caretemp Block
- Carey 7M Cement
- Carey Asbestos Cement
- Carey All-Temp
- Carey Asbestos Insulating Ducts
- Carey Asbestos Cloth
- Carey Asbestos Felts
- Carey Asbestos Tank Jacket
- Carey Block
- Carey BTU Cement
- Carey Calcium Silicate Block
- Carey Calcium Silicate Pipe Covering
- Carey Candad Asbestos
- Carey Cement
- Carey Corrugated Asbestos Paper
- Carey Duct Adhesive
- Carey Fibrous Adhesive
- Carey Fireclad Asbestos Paper
- Carey Firefoil Board
- Carey Firefoil Panel
- Carey Fireguard Asbestos Paper
- Carey Flex Board
- Carey Insulation Duct
- Carey Insulation Seal
- Carey Marine Panel
- Carey Insulating Cement
- Carey Panel Board
- Carey Pipe Covering
- Carey Products
- Carey Stone Sheathing
- Carey Super-Lite Pipe Covering
- Carey Thermalite
- Carey Woolfelt
- Carey York Products
- Carey York Clock
- Carey York Pipe Covering
- Careycell Block
- Careycell Pipe Covering
- Carey ThermaBoard
- Careytemp
- Careytemp Block
- Careytemp Pipe Covering
- Careytemp Adhesive
- Careytemp Block
- Careytemp Cement
- Careytemp Pipe Covering
- Careytemp Pre-Molded Insulation
- Carpet Mastic
- Carpet Underlays
- Castables
- CastaBlock
- Caulking/Putties
- CC navy Sealer
- CE Cement
- Ceiling Panels
- Ceiling Texture (Popcorn texture)
- Ceiling Tile Mastic
- Ceiling Tiles and Lay-in Panels
- Cellotone
- Celotex Products
- Ceiling and Floor Tiles
- Cement
- Cement-Asbestos Board (Transite) Products
- Cement Insulation
- Cement Pipes
- Cement Products
- Cement Siding
- Cement WallBoard
- CementBoards
- Cerafelt
- Ceramic Tile
- ChrysoTile
- ChalkBoards
- Chillers
- Chilled Water Lines
- Chimney Flue Lining
- Cigarette Filters
- CI Mastic
- ClapBoards
- Clay
- Cleangard
- Climate Control and Air Conditioning Duct Insulation
- Cloth
- Clothes Washers and Dryers
- Clutches
- Clutch Parts
- Clutch Frictions Surfaces
- CMT-Eagle 20
- Cloth Wire Insulation
- Construction Mastics (floor Tile, carpet, ceiling Tile, etc.)cooling towers – Panels and fill
- Coat
- Coat Cement
- Cominco Insulation Cement
- Cord
- Corrugated Paper
- Cork Board
- Cork Covering
- Cork-Filled Mastic Corrugated Asbestos Sheets
- Cork Mastic
- Corrugated Paper
- Corrugated Asbestos sheets
- Corrugated Asbestos paper
- Covergard
- Crocidolite
- Crock Pots
- Coving Mastic
- Curling Irons (electric)
- Cummings Insulation
D
Through 2003, more than 700,000 People have filed claims against more than 6,000 Asbestos companies. These same companies knew of the dangers for many years before ever warning the public of those risks.
- Decorative Plaster
- Deltamaid Hitemp Master
- Deltamaid One-Shot Cement
- Detrick Bonding Cement
- Deep Fryers
- Diffuser Backplaster
- Dishwashers
- Domestic Water Supply and Drain Lines
- Dry Mix Joint Compound
- Duct Adhesive
- Duct Expansion/Vibration Isolation Joints
- Duplex Block
- Duplex Pipe Covering
- Ductwork Flexible Fabric Connections
- Duct Tape
- Ducts
Ductwork Connectors
- Ductwork Flexible Fabric Connections
DuriSeal
E
- Eagle Insulating Cement
- Eagle Pitcher Products
- Ehret 85% Magnesia Block
- Ehret 85% Magnesia Pipe Cover
- Ehret Asbestos Fiber Felt
- Ehret Block
- Ehret Pipe Covering
- Ehret Products
- Eighty-Five Percent Magnesia Insulation
- Electrical Breakers
- Electrical Cloth
Electrical Panel Partitions
Elevator Bra Elevator Equipment Panels Brake Shoes
Electrical Panel Arc Chutes
Electrical Panel Partitions
Electrical Panel Electric Wiring Insulation
- Electrical Products
- Electric Wiring Insulation
- EM Cell Block
- EM Cell Board
- EM cell Pipe Covering
- EM Felt Covering
- Emergency Generators
- Empire Ace Products
- Empire Aircell Block
- Emulsions
- Emulsion Adhesive
- Endless Plastic Ring Style
- Enduro Block
- Enduro Pipe Covering
- Erco Products
- Excel Block
- Excel Board
- Excel Pipe Covering
- Excelon Tile
- Expansion
- Expansion Joint
F
It is estimated that 27.5 million Americans were exposed to asbestos between 1940 and 1979.
- Fake Snow
- Featherweight Lock
- Featherweight Pipe Cover
- Felt and Tar Joint Compound
- Fertilizer
- Fiber Cement
- FibreBoard Products
- Fibrekote
- Fibrex Cement
- Fibrous Adhesive
- Filing Cabinets
- Finishing Cement
- Fire Blankets
- Fire Brick
- Fireclad Asbestos Paper
- Fire Curtains
- Fire Dampers and Fire Stop Flaps
- Fire Doors
- Fire Resistant Insulation Shield
- Firefoil Board
- Firefoil Panel
- Fireproofing Cement
- Fireguard Asbestos Paper
- Fireplace Decorations
- Fireplace Inserts
- Fireproof Clothes
- Fireproofing Materials
- Firestopping
- Fireproofing spray Insulation
- Fireproofing Spray on Beams, Decks, Joints, & Columns
- Flameguard
- Flames Safe Pipe Covering
- FlapSeal Adhesive
- Flash Tite Cement
- Flex Board
- Flexfast Adhesive
- Flexfelt
- Flexible Corner Bead
- flexible Duct Connectors
- Flintkote Floor Tiles
- Floor Backing
- Floor Leveling Compound
- Floor Protection (under wood and coal stoves)
- Floor Tile Mastic
Floor Tiles
- Flurobestos
- Franco-therm Cement
- Friction materials
- Frost Proof
- Furnace Cement
- Fyrbestos Sheets
- Frying Pans and Grills (Electric)
- Fume Hoods
Furnace Cement
G
An estimated 1.3 million employees in construction and general industry face significant asbestos exposure on the job. Heaviest exposures occur in the construction industry, particularly during the removal of asbestos during renovation or demolition. Employees are also likely to be exposed during the manufacture of asbestos Products (such as textiles, friction Products, insulation, and other building materials) and during automotive brake and clutch repair work.
- Gardening Products
- GAF Asbestos Felt
- GAF Products
- Garlock Gasketing
- Garlock Products
- Gasket Material
- Gaskets
- Gaskets in Flanged Pipe Joints
- Gasket Material
- Gaskets
- Gasket Material
- Gator Tape
- Generators
Glassbestos
Glassblower Mitts
- GE Products
- Glassbestos
- Glassblower Mitts
- Glosscell Block
- Glosscell Covering
- Gloves
- Goldbestos
- Gold Bond Adhesive
Gold Bond Asbestos Paper
G.B. Asbestos Sheets
Gold Bond Cement
Gold Bond Perfo-Lyte
Gold Bond Plaster
Gold Bond Products
Gold Bond Spackle Paster
Gold bond Tar Paper
- G. Bond Wood Fiber paster
- Grinding Wheels
- Griptex Mineral Wool Block
- Green House Materials
- Guardian Heatguard
- Gunning Mix
- Gunnite/Fire-Proofing Spray
- Gunnite Used for Internal Insulation of Furnaces
H
Asbestos fibers are strong, durable, and resist heat, acids, and friction. They are virtually indestructible. Because of these useful physical properties, asbestos fibers were often combined with other materials for use in thousands of industrial, maritime, automotive, scientific and building Products.
- Hair Dryers
- Hairfelt
- H.K. Porter Canvas
- H.K. Porter Products
- H/2 Insulation Block
- Heat Cement
- Heat Guard
Heating and Electrical Ducts
- Heatguard
- Heat Shield
- Heat Seal
- Heating Cabinet Panels (Asbestos Cement)
- Heat and Fire Resistant Protective Clothing (gloves, mittens, sleeves, aprons, coats, jackets, pants, hoods, spats)
- Heat Resistant Fabrics
- Heaters (Portable electric)
- Heat-Seal
- Helmet
- High Pressure Packing
- HI Mastic
- HI Stick Cement
- HI Temp Cement
- Hi Temp Products
- High Temperature Gaskets
- High-Temperature wallBoard
- Hot-Tops (ingot mold covers and inserts Used with ingot molds in the steel pouring process)
- High Pressure Packing
- High Temp Insulating Cement
- Hilite Insulating Cement
- Hitemp Block
- Hitemp Board
- Hitemp Pipe Covering
- Hou Daille 10 11
- Hou Daille 1871H
- Hou Daille 65
- HVAC Duct Insulation
- Hylo Block
- Hylo Cement
- Hylo Pipe Covering
- Hy-Temp Block
- Hy-Temp Cement
- Hy-Temp Pipe Covering
I
Asbestos is classified into many different types, which include; chrysotile (white asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos), amosite (brown asbestos), tremolite, anthopyllite, and actinolite.
- Incandescent Light Fixture Backing
- Industrial A-C Board
- Industrial Use Products
- Incinerators
- Insubestos Felt Strips
- Insubestos Felt Type A
- Insubestos Felt Type B
- Insulated or Bare Pipe
- Insulating Block
- Insulating Cements
- Insulating Contractor
- Insulating Felt
- Insulating Mix
- Insulating Mix
- Insulation
- Insulation Blanket
- Insulation Board
- Insulation Coating
- Insulation Duct
- Insulation Jacketing
- Insulation Jacket FAB
- Insulation Seal
- Insulation on Some Wiring
- Insulation on Steam Pipes
- Insulbestos Felt
- Insulkote SG
- Insulkote-Coating
- Insulmastic
- InsulSeal
- Insulstick
- Insultape Insulation
- Internal Linings and Exhaust Ducts
- Insulating Cloth
- Industrial A-C Board
- Insulmastic
- Ironing Board Covers
- Iron Rests
J
The first known asbestos lawsuit was in 1929 in New Jersey.
- Jcafco Products
- Joint Compounds
- J-M Asbestos Cloth
- JM 301 Cement
- J-M Asbestos Canvas
- J-M Asbestos Gasketing
- J-M Block
- J-M Cement
- J-M Finishing Cement
- J-M Pipe Covering
- J-M Products
- JPS Asbestos Cloth
- J Spray
K
Many asbestos-containing Products remain in buildings, ships, industrial facilities and other environments where the fibers can become airborne.
- Kaiser Mineral Wool Block
- Kalite
- Karnak Mastic
- Kaylo Block
- Kaylo Block Insulation
- Kaylo Canvas
- Kaylo Pipe Insulation
- Kaylo Pipe Covering
- Kaytherm Block
- Kaytherm Block Insulation
- Kaytherm Cement
- Kaytherm Pipe Insulation
- Kaytherm Pipe Covering
- Keasby Cement
- Keasby Products
- Keene Asbestos Products
- Keene Block
- Keene Pipe Covering
- Keene Woodfelt
- Kent Cigarette Filters (1952-1956)
- Kilns
- K & M Block
- K & M Finishing Cement
- K & M Pipe Covering
- K & M Kaytherm 1700
- Krack-Pruf Insulation
L
Asbestos has been used in various Products since the 1900s, but the peak usage years were between 1950 and 1975.
- Laboratory Hoods
- Laboratory Products
- Laboratory Gloves
Laboratory Hoods
LaggingAadhesive
Lagging Cloth
Lagging Tape
- Lagging Adhesive
- Lagging Cloth
- Lagging Tape
- Lagtone
- Lap Seal
- Leggings
- Limpet
- Limpet Spray
- Limpet Spray Asbestos
- Litecase 30 S
- LK Block
- LK Pipe Covering
- Loose Fill Insulation (in exterior wall cavities - Vermiculite)
- LT Block
- LT Pipe covering
- LT Sealer
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During the 20th century, more than 30 million tons of Asbestos was used in industrial facilities, homes, schools, shipyards, steel mills, power plants and commercial buildings in the United States.
- Machine Room Ceilings
- Machine Room Floors
- Machine Room Walls
- Machine Room Ducts
- Magnesia or Calcium Silicate
- Magnesia Block
- Magnesia Cement
- Magnesia Covering
- MagnesiaIinsulating Cement
- Marine Panels
- Marinite Insulating Panel
- Magnesia Pipe Covering
- Marine Panels
- Masonry Fill
- Mastic
- Mastic adhesives
- Metal-Clad Firebrick (Found in Open Health Furnaces and Basic Oxygen Furnaces
Metal Mesh Blanket
- MillBoard
- Mineral Wool Block
- Mineral Wool Insulating Cement
- Mineral Wool Mineral Wool Blankets
- Mittens
- Mitts
- Micabestos
- Micarda Plate and Tube
- millBoard and RollBoard
- Mills Boiler
- Mineral Wool insulating Cement
- Mineral Wool
- Mineral Wool Blankets
- Mineral Wool Blocks
- Mittens
- Mitts
- Mixers (Electric)
- Molded Cork Pipe Covering
- MonoBlock
- Monofoam
- Monokote
- Monoplast
- Mono-ply Insulating Cement
- Monospray
- Mortat Mix
- Multiply Block
- Multiply Pipe Covering
- Mundet Asbestos Cement
- Mundet Pipe Covering
- Mundet Products
- MundetBlock
- Mundetcork
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During the 1960s the first definite link between mesothelioma and asbestos was made. Asbestos is now known to be the most common cause of the disease.
- N-1200 Block
- National Gypsum Sheetrock
- National Gypsum Board
- Navy Sealer
- Navy Standard Hairfelt
- Newtherm Pipe Covering
- NG Asbestos MillBoard
- Nicolet Pipe Covering
- Nicolet/Keasby Products
- Non-Sweat Pipe Insulation
- Non-Sweat Pipe Covering
- Novabestos
- Novatex
- Nsulkote
- Nuclear Reactors
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- One-Shot Cement
- OCF Asbestos Cloth
- OCF Products
- One Coat Cement
- One Coat Insulating Cement
- One Coat Cement
- One Coat Finishing Cement
- Osnaburg
- Owens-Corning 660 Cement
- Owens-Corning Asbestos Cement
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A wide array of workers were exposed to Asbestos including shipyard workers, factory workers, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, plumbers, laborers, machinists, mechanics, powerhouse workers, and electricians.
- Pabco
- Pabco Block
- Pabco Caltemp Pipe Cover
- Pabco F-1 Hydraulic Cement
- Pabco Pipe Covering
- Pabco Super Caltemp Block
- Packing
- Packing Materials (for wall/floor penetrations)Packaging
- Pads for Ironing Board
- Paint
- Paper
- Paper Products
- Paper Tape
- Panels
- Patching Fiber
- Patching Plaster
- Perf-a-Tape
- Performed Pipe Wrap
- Perlite
- Perltex Spray Surface
- Perltex Super 40
- PermaBoard
- PermiSeal
- PermaBoard
- Pipe Covering
- Philip Carey Products
- Pipes IInsulation on either exposed or concealed pipes)
- Pipe Insulation (corrugated air-cell, Block, etc.)
- Pipe Covering
- Pipe Lagging Insulation
Pipe Elbow Insulation
- Pipe Flanges
- Pitcote
- Pittsburgh Corning Products
- Pittwrat
- Plaster or Drywall Jointing Materials
- Plaster Sprayed-on Fireproofing
- Plasticork
- Plibrico Cement
- Plicaste Cement
- Plisulate Cement
- Plaster
- Potholders
- Potting Mixtures
- Polybestos Cloth
- Popcorn Poppers
- Pork Chop Boiler
- Porterlag
- Portersite
- Pot Holders
- Powerhouse Cement
- Powershield
- Prasco Pipe Covering
- preformed Pipe Wrap
- Pumps
Putties
- Pumps and Packing
- Pumps with Packing
- Putty
- Pyrobar Blocks
- Pyrokure
- Pyrokure Paper
- Pyrokure Tape
- Pyroscat Fireproofing
- Pyrospray
- Pyrotex
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- Quickset Cement
- Quick-Setting Joint Compound
- Quick Treat Compound
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It is estimated that there will be about 250,000 cases of Mesothelioma before 2020.
- Racko Asbestos Cement
- Railroad Asbestos
- Railroad Electrical Arc Chutes
- Rain Water and Sanitary Lines
- Range Boiler Jacket
- Ranges and Ovens
- Raw Asbestos
- Raw Asbestos Fiber
- Raybestos Amosite Blanket
- Raymark Brake Linings
- Raymark Products
- Refractory Cements
- Refractory Brick and Spacers
- Refractory Cement Chalk Boards
- Refractory Materials
- Ready Mix Joint Compound
- Red Top Plaster
- Red Top Products
- Refractory Cements
- Refrigerators
- Regular Pipe Covering
- Resilienyt Sheet Flooring
- Rexalt
- R & I Block
- R & I Unsulating Cement
- Rhinoestos Cloth
- Riley Stoker Asbestos Products
- RoadBoard
- Rockwool Insulation Cement
- Rockwool Asbestos Blanket
- Rockwool Asbestos Blanket
- Rockwool Blanket
- Rockwool Block
- Roofing ProDuct
- Roughing Cement
- Roofing Felt
- Roofing Paper
- RollBoard
- Rope
- Rope Packing
- Roofing Shingles
- Roofing Felt Shingles Rope
- Rope Packing
- Ruberoid Block
- Ruberoid calsilite
- Ruberoid Cement
- Ruberoid Hi-Temp Cement
- Ruberoid Pipe Covering
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Mesothelioma has a latency period of 20 to 50 years after the first exposure to asbestos.
- Safes
- Safekote Cement
- Salmo Glazed Aircell
- Safety Boxes
- Sealer
- Seal Fast Adhesive
- Sheet Packing
- Sheet Rope
- Sheetrock
- Sheets
- Sheet Vinyl Flooring
- Siding
- Siding Gaskets
- Siding Shingles
- silicate Calsilite
- Silvabestos Cloth
- S&K Ranger Boiler Jacket
- Sleeves
- Shingles
- Silicate Calsilite
- Slow Cookers
- Smith & Kanzler Products
- Sniper 3000 Cement
- Sound Shield
- Soldering and Welding Blocks or Sheets
- Soundproofing
- Sleeves
- Spackle
- Spackling Compounds
- Spackle Plaster
- Sponge Blocks
- Sponge Felt
- Sparkfast Adhesive
- Speedlag
- Splicegard
- spray-on Fireproofing
- spun Felt
- Spray
- Sprayed Coatings
- Spray-Applied Insulation
- Spray Fireproofing
- Stalastic
- Steam Generator
- Steam and Hot Water Heating (supply and return lines)
- Stic-Tite Cement
- Stic-Tite Finishing Cement
- Stik-Tab Cement
- Stippled Finishes
- Stone Corrugated Sheets
- Stone Sheathing
- Stove Mats
- Stove Pipe Rings
- Stucco
- stone Corrugated Sheets
- Super "66" Insulating Cement
- Super 48 Cement
- Super 711
- Super D Blockinsulate
- Super Finish Stic-Tite Cement
- Super Finish Cement
- Super High Temp Cement
- Super Insulation Tape
- Super Light Block
- Super Powerhouse Cement
- Super Stic-Tite Cement
- Super48 insulating Cement
- Superex Block Insulation
- Superex Pipe Covering
- Super-Light Cement
- SuperSeal Packing
- Supertemp Blocking
- Supplied/Distributed ASBE
- Supplied/Distributed PRO
T
There are over 3,000 known Products that may contain Asbestos.
- Table Pads
- Tank Insulation
- Tank Casings
- Talc Powder
- Talc Products
- Tape
- Taping Compounds (Thermal)
- Tar Paper
- Tar or "Black Jack"
- T-Bar Ceiling Tile
- Transite
- Troweled Coating
- Turbines
- T/NA Insulation Jacket
- Temp Check Block
- Temp Check Pipe Covering
- Terra Lite
- Terrybestos
- TexTile Clothes
- Theater Curtains
- TexTile Garments
- Themobestos Metalon P/C
- Thermal Insulation and Exhaust Manifolds
- Thermal Paper Products
- Thermal Spray
- Thermal taping compounds
- Therm Block
- Thermabestos Block
- Thermabestos Cement
- Thermaguard
- Thermaguard Asbestos Cloth
- Therma-K Block
- Therma-K Pipe Covering
- Thermalcoat
- Thermasil
- Thermasil Block
- Thermasil Cement
- Thermasil Pipe Covering
- Thermasil-General
- Thermo 12
- Thermo 12 Pipe Covering
- Thermo Pipe Covering
- Thermobestos
- Thermobestos Pipe Cover
- ThermoBlock
- Thermokote
- Thermolite
- Thermon Heat Cement
- Thermotex B
- Thermotex B (Paper)
- Thermotex B Weatherpro
- Thin Set Materials
- Titegrip Cement
- Toasters
- Transite
- Transite Board
- Transite Pipe Asbestos
- Transmission Parts
- Transite Siding
- Troweled Coating
- Tri-Bestos
- Tri-calite Block Insulation
- Turbines
- Turbines with Ancill Insulation
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- Unarco Amocel Pipe Cover
- Unarco Board
- Unarco Cloth
- Unarco Insulating Cement
- Unarco Mineral Wool
- Unarco Products
- Unibestos
- Unibestos Block
- Unibestos Pipe Covering
- Unibestos Products/Distribution
- U.S. Gypsum Spray
- USG Aircell Pipe Cover
- USG Hairfelt Pipe Cover
- USG Woolfelt Pipe Cover
- Util Thermal Finish Cement
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- Valves
- Valve Gaskets (automotive)
- Valve Rings
- Valve Stem Packing
- Valve Rings
- Valves and Packing
- Vapor barriers
- various JM Products
- V-Dent Pipe Insulation
- Vee Block Mix (Relabel)
- Vermont Asbestos
- Versakote
- Vermiculite Compounds
- Vermiculite (Used in some horticultural potting mixes, brake pads, acoustic Tiles, Insulation)
- Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile
- Vinyl Gypsum Adhesive
- Vinyl Floor Tile
- Vinyl Sheet Flooring (Linoleum)
- Vinyl Wall Coverings
- Vinyl Wallpaper
- Vitricel Asbestos Sheet
- Vitricel Cement
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- WallBoard Joint Compound
- WallBoard or Sheetrock
- Wall Cavities
- Waterproofing
- Welding Rods
- Wick
- Wires
- Wood Fiber Plaster
- WallBoard
- Wall Ceilings
- Wall Panels
- Wall Protection (Behind heat-generating Products)
- Wall Penetration Packing Materials
- Water Tube Boiler
- Waterproofing
- Weathercote Asphalt CM
- Weatherkote
- WeatherSeal
- Weld-on Cement
- Welding Blankets and Screens
- Welding Rods White Loose Wool
- White Surface Cement
- White-Cement
- Wicks
- Window Glazing
- Wire Mesh Blanket
- Wires
- Wire Mesh Blanket Pot Holders and Ironing Board Pads
- Wood Fiber Plaster
- Woolfe LT Pipe Covering
- Woolfelt Block
- Woolfelt Covering
- Wovenstone
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- Zono-coustic
- Zonolite Acoustic Plaster
- Zonolite Asbestos
- Zonolite Cement
- Zonolite Decorators
- Zonolite Dry Cement
- Zonolite High Temp
- Zonolite Mono-Cote F.P.
- Zonolite Plaster
- Zono Plaster Aggregate
- Zonolite Spray Insulation
- Zonolite Spra-Tex
