Today, the mere mention of asbestos evokes a sense of danger, but for centuries it was viewed as a sort of miracle material. The fibrous mineral has been used since the ancient Greeks took advantage of its flame retardance to spin it into cloth for use on tables holding ceremonial candles. In the United States,
Fort Knox is a U.S. Army base located in the state of Kentucky. For more than a century, it has served variously as a training center, an Airfield, home to several Cavalry regiments and armored divisions, and today serves as the home of the Army Human Resources Command Center, training 10,000 ROTC cadets each summer.
A-Best Products Company manufactured and sold safety products that were designed to protect the wearer from high heat, flame, and dangerous chemicals. Asbestos in A-Best Products, like industrial gloves, aprons, and other accessories, put wearers at risk for asbestos-related diseases, including malignant mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, and asbestosis. A-Best Products Company History and Asbestos A-Best
Located on the Puget Sound in Washington State, what was once Fort Lewis officially became Joint Base Lewis-McChord after 2010, when it was made one of twelve joint bases across the Department of Defense. Created in support of training and deployment for World War I, the base is one of America’s most strategically vital bases, and
Invented in 1884 by Baltimore watchmaker Ottmar Mergenthaler, the Linotype machine was described by Thomas Edison as the “eighth wonder of the world.” It reduced the amount of time that it took to prepare a single page of newspaper from two or three days down to an hour, bringing the news to people on a daily
Seneca Army Depot was built immediately before 1940 to serve as a munitions storage facility for the U.S. military. Located in Romulus, New York, it operated for sixty years, supplying nearly all of the ammunition and military supplies sent to support American troops before the base closed in 1995. During the years that the depot
Fort Benning is a United States Army post located near Columbus, Georgia, on Georgia’s border with Alabama. Known as the Home of the Infantry, it was established in 1918 as Camp Benning. Today, as part of the process of renaming all bases with names associated with the Confederacy, it is known as Fort Moore in
Tyler Pipe Industries (TPI) is a plumbing product company based in Tyler, Texas. The company began adding asbestos to many of the products it manufactured in the mid-1960s, which led to exposure and diagnoses of asbestos-related diseases, including malignant pleural mesothelioma, in some workers. After losing two multi-million dollar lawsuits and facing hundreds of others,
Air ducts used in heating and air conditioning systems. Rain gutters. Outdoor signs, siding, and metal roofs. These are just a few of the items that sheet metal workers fabricate or install. The job has always paid well, and the work is a point of pride for those who’ve pursued it. Industry professionals boast that
Fort Hood is a U.S. Army post located in Killeen, Texas, and has been part of U.S. military history since 1942, when the War Department set the land aside to test and train World War II tank destroyers. Fort Hood was and remains the most populous U.S. military installation in the world. Consistently home to