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Located in Watervliet, New York, the Watervliet Arsenal is the nation’s oldest manufacturing arsenal. Founded more than 200 years ago to support military efforts during the War of 1812, it has operated ever since, manufacturing large caliber cannon tubes needed for tanks, artillery systems, and mortars. The facility has undergone multiple upgrades, renovations, and updates,

Gaskets are mechanical seals that fit between two surfaces. Designed to prevent leakage under pressure, they have been used in applications ranging from car engines to heating systems and boilers. Though today’s gaskets are made from carbon-based or organic materials, for almost a century they were made from asbestos. Though asbestos gave gaskets strength and

Scott Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in St. Clair County, Illinois, 17 miles east-southeast of downtown St. Louis. One of the oldest Air Force bases still in service in the United States, it was first established in 1917 and has largely been used as a training facility ever since.

Papermaking and pulp represent one of the largest industries in the world, and the United States accounts for the majority of the world’s consumption of paper.  Papermaking has played an important economic and social role in U.S. history, but its contributions came at a cost to paper mill workers exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos contamination.

Dr. Jordan M. Cloyd is a surgical oncologist at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. He cares for patients with gastrointestinal, hepato-pancreatobiliary, neuroendocrine, and peritoneal surface malignancies, including malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. He is skilled in minimally invasive surgical procedures as well as