Sentences with phrase «asbestos building insulation»

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Valued for its resistance to heat and corrosion, asbestos was widely used for decades in such products as building materials, pipe insulation and floor tiles before studies linked it to lung cancer and other diseases.

Once thought ideally suited for fire - retardant insulation, asbestos was used widely in insulation, pipes, and building materials well into the middle of the last century.

There are some products used in home building and pipe insulation that can contain asbestos.

By the same token, if the asbestos used in buildings for insulation and as a fire retardant were made into solid blocks of asbestos it would no longer be a hazardous material.

Asbestos is found in insulation, roofing materials, car brakes, flooring, and a number of other products, mostly within the manufacturing and building industries.

Many workers were exposed during building work where asbestos products were common both in insulation and fire proof products such as boiler lagging and ceiling tiles.

Mesothelioma is a malignant disease normally affecting the pleura in the lung caused mainly by exposure to crocidolite asbestos in shipyards, building and insulation work.

Workers in the following industries and professions have been historically at high risk: asbestos mining; manufacturing of asbestos - containing products such as insulation, piping, and ceiling and flooring materials; shipbuilding; welding, plumbing, pipe fitting and steam fitting; railroads; building demolition; and construction.

Asbestos is a mineral fiber that has been commonly used in building construction materials for insulation and as a fire - retardant.

For starters, any building built before 1980 may contain asbestos in the roof, walls, or insulation.

Likewise, homes built from the early 1940s to the 1970s often have equally dangerous asbestos as insulation for pipes.

Throughout the 1970s, asbestos was used in buildings as insulation and soundproofing material and in tile flooring.