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  2. EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US - AOL

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    Raw chrysotile asbestos was imported into the U.S. as recently as 2022 for use by the chlor-alkali industry, which makes asbestos diaphragms to make sodium hydroxide and chlorine, used to ...

  3. Asbestos and the law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...

  4. EPA bans asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades ...

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    Exposure to asbestos is known to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma and other cancers, and it is linked to more than 40,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Ending the ongoing uses of asbestos advances ...

  5. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

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    Defendants in the first category have contested liability on the grounds that nearly all of them either did not ship asbestos-containing parts with their products at all (that is, asbestos was installed only by end users) or did not sell replacement parts for their own products (in cases where the plaintiff was allegedly exposed well after any ...

  6. CertainTeed - Wikipedia

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    Historically, CertainTeed was a major manufacturer of asbestos-cement pipes for water utilities for many decades. Asbestos was mixed into the cement as a binder . CertainTeed phased out the use of asbestos in its products around 1990.

  7. EPA bans last form of asbestos used in United States - AOL

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    It is the most common type of asbestos used in the world, used in car parts such as aftermarket automotive brakes and linings and other vehicle friction products and gaskets. It’s been banned in ...

  8. Keasbey and Mattison Company - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos was then shipped by railway to Ambler, where it was processed and used to create a wide variety of products. [2] Keasbey and Mattison did extensive research and product development. By 1896, the plant included areas to produce roofing tiles, papers, pipe coverings, and the nation's first asbestos textile plant.

  9. Third Circuit Reinstates 30-Year-Old Asbestos Claims Against ...

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