The Lyon Firm is investigating A-Best asbestos exposure claims on behalf of former A-Best employees and contractors. Factories, foundries and other manufacturing facilities were known to use hazardous A-Best asbestos materials that may have caused cancer and other serious illness to those who spent time in the facilities.
Companies that purchased toxic A-Best gear had a duty to protect their workers, and are liable for compensating them for injuries or illnesses sustained on their premises.
For decades, A-Best Products Company manufactured textiles used for safety clothing and materials for the use of factory and emergency workers. A-Best Products used huge amounts of asbestos to make their supposed protective gear. In the manufacturing process, workers had a large potential for exposure, including those involved in making the textiles and shipping the finished A-Best products.
Just as concerning are the thousands of workers who wore A-Best protective clothing. A-Best stopped manufacturing asbestos-containing products in 1984, but many of them remained on the market. A-Best products included:
Many of the victims who experienced occupational A-Best asbestos exposure included the following:
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Joseph Lyon has 17 years of experience representing individuals in complex litigation matters. He has represented individuals in every state against many of the largest companies in the world.
The Firm focuses on single-event civil cases and class actions involving corporate neglect & fraud, toxic exposure, product defects & recalls, medical malpractice, and invasion of privacy.
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The natural breakdown of asbestos products and subsequent sawing or cutting of the asbestos creates dust and fibers that are inhaled and can lead to mesothelioma and other severe forms of lung cancer. Unlike some other ingested toxins which may be flushed from the body over time, asbestos fibers usually remain embedded in the lungs.
When asbestos fibers are released into the air, they can be trapped in the lungs and cause scarring and inflammation.
Secondary exposure is also possible through fibers traveling on a family members clothing. Due to health concerns, all new uses of asbestos were banned in July 1989.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) all consider asbestos a known carcinogen.
Each year hundreds of men and women are diagnosed with lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and mesothelioma—asbestos-related illnesses potentially due to past asbestos exposure. The vast majority of those who develop lung cancer and mesothelioma worked in an environment where asbestos was present. Workplaces may have been filled with toxic materials, and employers may have failed to warn of the serious health risks of the job. Examples of Asbestos related illness include:
Although adenocarcinoma lung cancer is associated with smoking, studies indicate exposure to asbestos may cause this form of deadly cancer. Inhaling asbestos fibers at the workplace over months or years put individuals at high risk for developing adenocarcinoma lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis. In terms of duration or dose, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has concluded that there is no safe level of exposure to asbestos.
Mesothelioma is a serious illness that has been linked to asbestos exposure in medical literature with a latency period of 20-50 years after being first exposed to asbestos. A diagnosis of mesothelioma and lung cancer is overwhelming news for the individual and their family.
Most deaths from malignant mesothelioma in the United States are the result of exposures to asbestos decades prior. However, the continuing occurrence of mesothelioma deaths among persons under the age of 55 suggests ongoing occupational and environmental exposures to asbestos fibers, despite years of action by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at limiting asbestos exposure for much of the last 40 years.
To consider ways to assist in paying for medical expenses, you may talk to Attorney Joe Lyon for information on asbestos exposure, treatment and compensation. Filing an asbestos exposure lawsuit helps to raise the awareness of job safety, while also securing the financial compensation available to workers through multiple sources.
Asbestos-related cancer victims may not show signs of illness for decades after exposure. When symptoms do appear, cancer may already be in a late stage. Seek medical assistance if you develop the following symptoms:
Most deaths from malignant mesothelioma in the United States are the result of exposures to asbestos decades prior. However, the continuing occurrence of mesothelioma and lung cancer deaths among persons under the age of 55 suggests ongoing occupational and environmental exposures to asbestos fibers.
Asbestos can be found in homes built before 1980, construction sites, and in many military instillations. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), there are 75 different jobs that could have exposed workers to asbestos, with those jobs primarily involving construction and manufacturing. Currently, thousands of American workers are still affected by asbestos each year.
Our Firm can help you identify the exposure sources and then initiate the proper claims so that will provide the security you and your family require.
When asbestos breaks down over time or with use, the fibers of the material can become airborne, presenting a risk of inhaling or ingesting the toxin. Asbestos is a cancer-causing agent, and those heavily exposed can develop scarring in the lungs and later develop lung cancer and mesothelioma.
Asbestos was widely used in A-Best clothing, A-best materials, piping, insulation, electrical components, machine parts, packaging, flooring, ceiling tiles, roofing, and in many building materials.
A-best clothing and other A-best products may have been used in the following facilities:
BOHN ALUMINUM
HARVEY
AKRON STANDARD
AKRON STEEL TREATING
ATLANTIC FOUNDRY
FEROIT BROS.
GOODYEAR TIRE
INDUSTRIAL ARTCRAFT
J.C. HEINTZ CO.
J.W. GEOPFERT
JAMES C. HEINTZ
KOVATCH CASTINGS
RICHARDS FENCE
W.F. MURDOCK
CORNING
HAYES-ALBION
J & L STEEL
CRANE COMPANY
N&W
Conrail
PENN CENTRAL
EMD COMPONENTS
F.E. MEYERS CO.
U-BRAND CORP.
C.E.I.
REACTIVE METALS INC
RELIANCE ELECTRIC
RMI CO.
Union Carbide
REYNOLDS METALS
BOLLING OVEN
CLEVELAND AIRCRAFT
H.K. FERGUSON
VAN SICKLE IND.
ARROW ALUMINUM
B.F. Goodrich
PLASTONICS
WATTEREDGE
WESTERN ENTERPRISE
NATIONAL ROLL DIVISION
SUBURBAN POWER
AKRON STANDARD
BABCOCK & WILCOX
LECTROMELT
PPG
ROCKWELL
OWENS ILLINOIS
LEILA POST MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL
ACRA CAST
AEROSPACE
BAY CITY STEEL
MEISEL HARDWARE
WELLMAN DYNAMICS
BAYVIEW HOSPTIAL
WESTERN PENN
REPUBLIC ALUMINUM
REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.
ABEX CORPORATION
FABRICATED METAL SPEC.
HALEX DIVISION
KELLEY STEEL EREC.
LESTER ENGINEERING
LESTER INDUSTRIES
PIEZOEELECTRIC DIV
RUSSO ORN.
SCOTT & FETZER
ARBY’S
EXTRUDED METALS
G.E.
GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)
CLARK EQUIPMENT
ALLOY ENGINEERING
ALLOY INDUSTRY
CLEVELAND ALLOY
GOODYEAR TIRE
INDUSTRIAL POWER PIPING
PORO INCORPORATED
HALLMOR CO.
Bethlehem Steel Corp
INTERLAKE
FERRO CORP
MADER MACHINE
MARDER MACHINE
WESTINGHOUSE
KAWEENER CO.
CHRYSLER
ALLEGHENY LUDLUM STEEL
US STEEL
CORNING
BRAEBURN ALLOY
CON. BRAEBURN
BROCKWAY GLASS
CASTALLOY
GOODYEAR TIRE
MARKS TRACTOR
CORHART
UNION ELETRIC
STANDARD STEEL
ARMCO
BLAW-KNOX
ROTOBLAST
SPANG & CO.
BROOKS & PERKINS
Babcock & Wilcox
CANTON DIE
ED HART CO.
EDW. HART
HELFRICH DIE CAST
SPRINGFIELD MFG.
Timken Co.
U.S. STEEL
UNION METAL
UNITED ENGINEERING
WEAN UNITED
PPG Industries
SGL ARBRASIVES
CHEM-CLAY CORPORATION
UNION ELETRIC
US SteelCITCO
DIA SHAMROCK
DIAMOND SHAMROCK
CORNING
HOOVER ALUMINUM
A.P.I. INSTRUMENT
ALCOA
RUST ENGINEERING
CONNECTOR IND. OF AM.
J.B. SCHAAF
LUNKENHEIMER
NATIONAL LEAD
SCHULTE BRASS
SNOW FILTRATION
THE WITT CO
WELCO INDUSTRIES
WITT CO
RCA
REYNOLDS NEAR
ALLEGHANY LUDLUM STEEL
AMERICAN BRIDGE
ENERCON SYSTEMS
U.S. STEEL – CLAIRTON WORKS
OWENS ILLINOIS
3-M
A.M. HIGLEY CORP
ABEX CORPORATION
ACACIA HEAT
ACE METAL
ADVANCE SALES
ADVANCE TEC.
AETNA WELDING
ALBRECHT TOOL
ALCOA
ALDON PRODUCTS
ALLIED BOILER
ALLIED RUBBER & MICE
ALLIS – CHALMERS
ALUMINUM SMELTING
AMAC ENTERPRISES
AMAX SPECIALTY
AMERICAN HANDLING EQUIP.
AMERICAN HOIST
AMERICAN MONARCH
AMERICAN SPRING WIRE
AMERICAN TANK
APEX INTERNATIONAL
APEX SMELTING
Apex Welding
ARBY’S
ARMATURE COIL
ARROW ALUMINUM
ART GALVANIZING
ARWOOD CORP.
ASSOCIATED SHEET METAL
ATLAS CAR
ATLAS FOUNDRY
BAMBURGER REINTHOL
BARDONS AND OLIVER
BARDSONS – OLIVER
BARTH – CLEVITE
BARTH – MCNEIL
BETTCHER
BINGHAM
BLACK DRILL
BOBBY BROOKS
BOISE CASCADE
BRAEBURN
BRODESS CONSTRUCTION
BROST FOUNDRY
BRUSH BERYLLIUM
BURDETT
BURDOX
C.A. LITZLER
CASH SALE
CECIL PECK
CEI
CENTRA SALES CO.
CENTRAL BRASS
CERTIFIED ALLOYS
CHASE BRASS & COPPER CO.
CHEVY
City of Cleveland
CLARK ASBESTOS CO.
CLEVE BEARING PROD
CLEVELAND ARM H
CLEVELAND ARMATURE
CLEVELAND ELECTRO ALLOYS
CLEVELAND ELECTROMETALS
CLEVELAND OAK BELT
CLEVELAND PNEUMATIC TOOL
CLEVELAND PRECISION
CLEVELAND STATE UNIV.
CLEVITE ENGINE
CLUB MONARCH
CLUB PRODUCTS
CONSOL. IRON
CONT. BAKERIES
COPPER CORNER
CROWN RUBBER STAMP
Crucible Steel
DAVIS BAKERY
DELUXE CHECK PRINTERS
DIAMOND FABRICATOR
DROP FORGE AND DIE
DUNBAR – SULLIVAN
DUPONT
DUST CONTROL
EAGLE CERAMICS
EASCO
EATON CORP.
ELECTRIC WELD
EUCLID DIV.
EX-CELL-O CORP
F.W. PAULIN
FEDERAL STEEL
FERRO CORP.
FERRODYNE
FOMOCO
FOOD SERVICES
FORD – ENGINE PLANT
Ford Motor
FOREST CITY
FORGE PRODUCTS
FORM-A-TOOL
FOSECO
G&W INDUSTRIES
G.S. EQUIPMENT
GENERAL BATTERY CORP.
GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)
GENERAL WELDING SUPPLY
GOULD, INC.
GREAT LAKES FLOUR
GROUND ROUND
GROVER MUSICAL
HAL LYNN
HALEX CORP.
HALORA CORP.
Harshaw Chemical
HEDALLOY DIE
HERRON TESTING LAB
HINES FLASK
HOFFMAN BRONZE
HOLSMAN
HORSBURGH – SCOTT
HUDGEONS PRODUCTS
IMPERIAL CLEVITE
INTERCON SYSTEMS
J & D WELDING
J & L
J.C. HEINTZ
J.M. WALL CO.
J-D WELDING
JIM CURSEY
JOHN C. BOEHM
JOHN KLERI
JONES & LAUGHLIN (J&L) STEEL
JORDAN WELDING
KIFER TOOL
KINDT – COLLINS
KIRKWOOD CARBON
KOLLER BROS.
L & M STAGECRAFT
LAKE ERIE ELECTRIC
LAKE ERIE SCREW
LANLY CO.
LEAR SIEGLER
LEES-BRADNER
LINCOLN ELECTRIC
LINDERME TUBE
L-K HEATING
MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM
MARTINDALE ELECTRIC CO.
MASTER FABRICATORS
MCDOWELL – WELLMAN ENG.
MERIAM WELD
METALS APPLIED
METROPOLITAN ALLOYS
Midland Ross
MODERN TOOL
MONARCH ELECTRIC
MONDIE FORGE
MOTOR REPAIR MFG.
NASA
NATIONAL BRASS
NATIONAL METAL
NELSON FINISHING
NORTHERN BOILER
NUCKLEY COVERS
NUCLEAR PLATING
OATEY CO.
OGLEYBAY
OHIO CARBON
OHIO CRANKSHAFT
ORANGE SCHOOL
ORLANDO BAKERY
OSBORN MFG.
OSTER ELECTRIC
PARK – OHIO
Park Drop Forge
PAULIN CO.
PENN CENTRAL
PENTZ DESIGN
PETTIBONE OHIO
PHIL – MAR CORP.
PHILLIP MANGO CO.
PLECHATY CO
PLM
PORTER STEEL TREATING
POTTER INDUSTRIES
PRECISION CASTING
PREMIER INDUSTRIES
PRIME INDUSTRIES
PROFILE GRINDING
PULL AUTO BODY
RED SEAL ELEC. – ARMO DIV.
RED SEAL ELECTRIC
REGAL DIAMOND PROD.
REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.
REX – BUDKEYE
RICHARDS WHOLESALE
RICHMOND BROS.
RIVER SMELTING
RON DEWEY
ROSSBOROUGH SUPPLY
SAFETY CLOTHING
SAFETY ENGINEERING
SAM W. EMERSON CO.
SAMSEL ROPE
SCHMELLER ALUMINUM
SCHMELLER FOUNDRY
SCHWEIZER – DIPPLE
SCM CHEMICAL GLIDDEN CORP.
SCM CORPORATION
SENECA TAPE
SERVICE SYSTEMS
SHERMER-SCHNEIDER
SHIELDS-MIDWESTERN
SMITH-ODY
SOCIETY NAT’L BANK
SOMMERS RUBBER
S-P MFG.
SPACE COMFORT
STANDARD PIPING
STOLLE CO.
SUNCRAFT PRODUCTS
SUPERIOR BRASS
SUPERIOR CAST
SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES
SUPERIOR METAL TREATING
SYLVESTER & CO
TEC LAB
TEREX
THE CLEVE. TRENCHER CO.
THE LANLY CO.
THE ODY CO.
THEATRICAL EQUIPMENT
THERMOPLASTICS
TODD WELDING CO.
TOMCO METAL
TOWMOTOR
TRW Valve
U.S. STEEL CORPORATION
Union Carbide
UPSON WALTON
Variety Stamping
VARIETY STEEL
VARI-SYSTEMS
VICTOREEN INSTRUMENT
VICTORY METAL
VOCATION GUIDANCE
W.E. PLECHATY
WABASH SMELTHING
WAGNER AWNING
WALKER HEAT
WEBB FABRICATORS
WEBCO
WELDED RING
WELDINGHOUSE
Westinghouse
White Motor
WINTON HEAT
WOOD-SPENCER CO.
XCLEVE. MUSEUM, NAT
ESSEX WIRE
B & T METALS
B&T METALS
BROWN STEEL
Buckeye Steel
CENTRAL ALUMINUM
COLUMBUS AIRCRAFT DIV.
CONNEAUT DIE CASTING
HOMESTEAD INDUSTRIES
PITTSBURGH FORGING
CLOW CORPORATION
ALCOA
CRESSONA ALUMINUM
PPG Industries
Chrysler
DAYTON FORGING
DELCO MORAINE
EUTECTIC ENGINEERING
GREAT LAKES STEEL CORP
HUBER
J & L Steel
KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY
McLouth Steel
METROPOLITAN ALLOYS
MICHIGAN BOILER
OGLEBAY
Wall Colmonoy
WINFIELD
POWER PIPING
SHENANGO INC.
SUPERIOR BRASS
MILLIGAN HARDWARE
FERRO CORP
UNION METAL MANUFACTURING
MYOTT INDUSTRIES
PENN – VIRGINIA MATERIAL
SKRL DIE CASTING INC.
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP
Great Lakes Steel Corp
GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)
HITACHI MAGNETICS
COLT INDUSTRIES
ELWOOD CITY FORGE
BRUSH – WELLMAN
Abex
CONCRETE MASON
Elyria Foundry
EMPIRE SPRING
EMTEC
FERRO CORP
FISHER BODY
INDUSTRIAL ALUMINUM
KASPER FOUNDRY
MUFCO INDUSTRIES
PFAUDLER COMPANY
TIMMS SPRING
WEST RIVER AUTO
PENN CENTRAL
ERIE MARINE
FERRO CORP
GENERAL ELECTRIC
PENN ALUMINUM
CLEVELAND PRECISION
LUBRIZOL
TOROIDAL WINDING
UNIV. WELDING
HILL HARDWARE
SHARON STEEL CORP.
AJAX FORGING
Buick
CHRYSLER
Fostoria Foundry
Union Carbide
JOY MANUFACTURING
FREEPORT BRICK CO
BLEILLE SUPPLY
CENTURY DIE
DALE PRODUCTS
GLIDHILL MACHINERY
BENADA ALUMINUM
EASCO ALUMINUM
BUCYRUS – ERIE
Copperweld
PITTRON
HARCAST CORPORATION
LARSON CASTINGS
Larson Foundry
DIESEL EQUIPMENT
FERRO CORP
M&T Manufacturing
GENERAL CARBIDE
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO.
CAPITAL PRODUCTS
DUNHAM-BUSH
HARRISBURG STEEL
KAWEENER CO.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
ELY IND.
FERRO CORP
KAISER
DOW-CORNING
G.E.
TADD SPRING
PENN CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
BOHN ALUMINUM
CLEVELAND METAL
GENERAL ELECTRIC
MESTA MACHINE
EARTHMOVING DIV.
TEREX
REPUBLIC ALUMINUM
REPUBLIC STEEL
SILICONE RUBBER PRODUCTS
US STEEL
JACKSON PROP. FORGE
KELSEY-HAYES
LINCOLN DROP FORGE
MAC STEEL
MICHIGAN EXTRUDED ALUMINUM
GLASTIC CORP.
BETHLEHEM STEEL
GLIDDEN-DURKEE
NATIONAL VALVE
PENN ELECTRIC
ST JOE MINERALS
MIDWEST ALUMINUM
NORTH AMERICAN ALUMINUM
HIGHWAY PROD.
H.E. BROSIUS
GLASS CONTAINERS
BABCOCK & WILCOX
J & L STEEL
COPPER CORNER
JOHN DISCH
LANCASTER GLASS
BABCOCK & WILCOX CONSTRUCTION
JOHN BEAN
Motor Wheel
OLDSMOBILE
SUPERIOR BRASS
VULCAN MOLD
IMAGINING SYSTEMS
VASCO
VULCAN MOLD
ALLEGHANY LUDLUM STEEL
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP
SITKIN METAL
STANDARD STEEL
ESSEX GROUP CONTROL
ESSEX INTERNATIONAL
ESSEX WIRE
MID-OHIO SPORTS
LIMA SUPPLY
BROOKS & PERKINS
LOGANSPORT
American Bridge
AMERICAN SHIP
HATFIELD ELECTRIC
HENKES AUTO ELECTRIC
KOHLMEYER
LAKE ERIE ELECTRIC
LORAIN REFRACTORIES
NELSON DIVISION TRW
OHIO SERVICE
SPUN STEEL DIV
U.S. STEEL – LORAIN WORKS
Alcoa
ELECTRIC MELTING SERVICE
G.E.
BRAEBURN ALLOY
LUFRAN COMPANY
ASBESTOS SPECIALTIES
CARMET COMPANY
MACKWORTH REES
BURDETT
CLARK
EMPIRE-DETROIT
J.M. COUSINS
MANSFIELD METAL TREATMENT
Ohio Brass
PR MACHINE WORKS
RICHLAND BRICK
US ALUM. CORP.
WEISS INDUSTRIES
SAMUEL MOORE & CO.
BASIC REFRACTORY
ALUMINUM SMELTING
CERTIFIED ALLOYS
LEAR SIEGLER
MAGNETICS INTERNING
AMERICAN MALLEABLE
AMERICAN STEEL
ARMCO STEEL
HINKLIN AWNING CO.
MARION POWER
MARION SHOVEL
KEYSTONE RESOURCES
REPUBLIC ALUMINUM
Republic Steel
CLEVITE
Firth Sterling
Fort Pitt Steel Casting
PPG
CAPITAL PRODUCTS
AERODYN CO.
AT & TEAGLE CERAMICS
ERIE CABLE
ERIE COPPER WORKS
PERMOLD CORP.
MANCO PRODUCTS
E.C. ZUKOWSKI
LINTERN CORP.
OSBORN BROTHERS
MESOPOTAMIA MENS CLUB
ARMCO
BABCOCK & WILCOX
HOME TELEPHONE CO.
Colt Industries
Crucible Steel
DOW-CORNING
E.W. BLISS
MACKINTOSH-HEMPHILL
REYNOLD MACHINE
MILTON MANUFACTURING CO.
BURNS COLD FORGE
PHOENIX GLASS
PITTSBURGH TUBE
ST JOE SMELTING
VASCO
ARCO POLYMERS
MONROE STEEL
ELENGER IND.
FOSTORIA GLASS COMPANY
COOPER BESSEMER
COOPER ENERGY SERV
KELSEY-HAYES
FOSECO INC.
NEWCOR
CAMPBELL WYANT
Continental Motors
CWC CASTINGS
HOWMET CORP
WESTRAN CORPORATION
DRAVO CORP
CHRYSLER
Alcoa
BURDETT
OWENS – CORNING
ROCKWELL
ALEXCO INC.
EASCO ALUMINUM
KAWEENER
OMEGO INDUCTION SERV.
REACTIVE METAL
HELFRICH DIE CAST
SERVICE TOOL
FRED’S STAIN GLASS
STEEL IMPROVEMENT
BLEILLE SUPPLY
FIRELANDS SUPPLY
EDGEWATER STEEL
ELECTRO ALLOY
QUALITY CASTING
SYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO.
COE MFG.
Diamond Shamrock
FASSON
OHIO CRANKSHAFT
FERRO CORP
MANSFIELD PLUMBING
GEO. SALL METALS
OHIO FERRO
A.W. CADMAN MANUFACTURING
BLAW-KNOX
CHEM-CLAY CORPORATION
COLT INDUSTRIES
E.W. BLISS
EDGEWATER CORP.
HARBISON WALKER
HARRY ROMAN
HEPPENSTALL
JONES & LAUGHLIN (J&L) STEEL
LECTROMELT
MACKINTOSH-HEMPHILL
MCCONWAY-TORLEY
PITT-FAB
PITTS. COMM. HEATING
PITTSBURGH COMMERCIAL
PITTSBURGH HEAT
PITTSBURGH METAL PROC.
POWER PIPING
ROZMAN
SHENANGO INC.
SPANG & CO.
United Engineering
UNIV. ATLAS CEMENT
V.C. GOLDEN
WESTERN PENN
HOFFMAN BROS
A.C. WILLIAMS
CENTRIFUGAL CASTINGS
CARTECH CORP
Conrail
KAWECKI BERYLCO IND.
CONALCO
INDAL INC
TUBELITE
JOY MANUFACTURING
EXOTIC METALS
SANBORN WIRE PRODUCT
CARL MEYER CORP
KIELCO
MIKE THOMPSON
WINTON HEAT
KELSEY-HAYES
LOXCREEN
MET-TECH N.
CENTRAL FOUNDRY
CHEVROLET
EATON CORP
HITACHI MAGNETICS
METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS
ELJER PLUMBING
SPENCER MFG
ALUM. MAGNESIUM (WHW)
FARRELL-CHEEK
FORD MOTOR COMPANY (FMC)
SANDUSKY FOUNDRY
TELEDYNE ISOTOPES, NASA
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY
RCA
WALLACE-MURRAY
MOLONEY ALUMINUM
MOLONEY PRODUCTS
SEVILLE CENTRIFUGAL
W.J. THOMAS
GRIMMS
SHARON STEEL
REYNOLDS
WESTERN PENN
STEVENS PAINTON CO.
BIRD ELECTRIC
HARSHAW CHEMICAL
IMMERMAN
OHIO NUCLEAR
PENN CENTRAL
ENAMELAC CO.
SPECIALTY PROD.
COOPER ENERGY SERV
SPIKE IND.
SUN CORP
AUSCO
CORNING GLASS CO.
Bethlehem Steel Corp
WHEELING – PITTS.
ANDERSON – IBEC
TADD SPRING
UNION METAL MANUFACTURING
GREAT LAKES STEEL
KAWECKI BERYLCO IND.
GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)
HAYES ALBION
A.O. SMITH
AMERICAN MOTORS
CHEVROLET
DOEHLER – JARVIS
Jeep Corp.
MATHER CO.
NATIONAL CASTING
OGLEBEY NORTON
OWENS ILLINOIS
UNITCAST
HARVEY
MARTIN MARIETTA
McLouth Steel
VULCAN MOLD
FLEX CABLE
HOBART BROS.
RUBBER MATERIALS
VAL CAST
Chrysler
JACK HIGGINS
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC
MODERN TOOL
WEAN UNITED
UNION SPECIALTIES
NATIONAL METAL
ALLIANCE
AJAX MANAGEMENT
Anchor Packing
ANCHOR PACKING
Brainard Strapping
Copperweld Steel
G.E.
HOOVER STEEL
J & L
MULTI INDUSTUBE SERVICE
Packard Electric
PENN ELECTRIC
REPUBLIC ALUMINUM
REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.
TAYLOR
WELDON RUBBER
Jessop Steel
WASHINGTON TOOL
ALLEGHENY LUDLUM STEEL
ESCAST
INVESTMENT CASTING
JOHNS – MANVILLE
RIMER ENTERPRISES
GUNNING REFR. S.
Weirton Steel Company
PERREX ALUMINUM
WELLSVILLE FDRY
ALLIS CHALMERS
SANDUSKY FOUNDRY
GENERAL ELECTRIC
HARBISON WALKER
AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT
CONTINENTAL HOSPITAL
DONN PRODUCTS
FRANCE MFG.
BEST TRUCK EQUIPMT
EUCLID SPRING CO.
HENDERSHOT-SMITH
LUBRIZOL
SMP CASTINGS
SMP PRECISIONS
M.W. KELLOGG
AKRON OXYGEN
B & W
BESCAST INC
BOWDEN MFG
C.E.I.
CORRECT AIR CORP.
FUSION INC.
G.E.
KENNAMETAL CO.
WESTERN CONTROLS
WESTINGHOUSE AIR
GLOBE MATERIAL
HARBISON – WALKER
ALLIS CHALMERS
BURDETTE OYGEN
COMMERCIAL SHEARING
EASCO
F.A. PILGRIM ERTUSION
GENERAL EXTRUSIONS
J & L
REPUBLIC ALUMINUM
Republic Steel
SUPERIOR DIE
U.S. Steel
United Engineering
WEAN UNITED
YOUNGSTOWN SHEET
FORD MOTOR
UNIFLEX CABLE
FERRO CORPORATION
GREAT LAKES STEEL CORP
If you were exposed to asbestos at your workplace, and have developed cancer or a related illness, you are likely to qualify for compensation.
A-Best used asbestos because it was cheap, durable, fire-resistant and light, and was thought to be the perfect insulating material before research showed it was extremely hazardous to the health.
A-Best did stop using the material, though the damage was already done in many cases.
The following tasks are associated with possible high asbestos exposure:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will no longer evaluate asbestos in homes and businesses as a serious danger or health risk, as the EPA announced in recent reports.
The EPA asbestos decisions, under Scott Pruitt, decided it is unnecessary to evaluate the health risks of the toxic substance despite the continuing workplace and home hazards that still lead to mesothelioma deaths for up to 3,000 Americans each year.
The agency will still evaluate and require approval for any new use of asbestos, but let the already-present toxin remains in many public building, businesses, schools, houses and hospitals. Fifty-five countries have a total ban on the use of asbestos, including nations like the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Japan.
The new EPA asbestos stance has gone mostly undeterred because the current administration sees eye-to-eye on safety deregulation and pro-corporate interests. The health and safety of American workers and consumers, however, already in danger, could lose its footing as the EPA drifts toward toxic tolerance.
According to the EPA Website, exposure to asbestos increases the risk of developing lung diseases like mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis. That risk is made worse by certain factors, such as smoking and long-term exposure in workplaces known to be laden with the toxin.
There is no safe amount of asbestos exposure, and the greater the exposure to asbestos, the greater the chance of developing severe health problems. Lung disease symptoms may lay dormant after exposure, and can take years to develop.
Asbestos-related health conditions can be difficult to identify and confused with other respiratory health issues. Healthcare professionals help identify the possibility of asbestos exposure by looking at the person’s medical, work, and environmental history. Known major health effects have been linked to asbestos exposure including lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, adenocarcinoma and mesothelioma.
On one hand the EPA regards asbestos as a cancer-causing agent, which fills older buildings and presents health hazards to various Ohio workers and consumers, and yet the agency has not taken measures to eradicate the toxin as safety advocates say they could.
The EPA has not properly evaluated the dangerous legacy of existing and so levels of contamination are unknown in Ohio. We do know asbestos exists in many areas in homes, schools, hospitals, factories, auto products, and workplaces but there is little help in evaluating an individual’s Ohio asbestos exposure risks.
Despite a significant reduction in the use of asbestos in past decades, annual deaths continue because asbestos-related diseases lay dormant.
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