Asbestos in Pipe Lagging
Lagging cloth has been used for years to seal cracks and openings in heating and cooling systems in homes, commercial buildings and in ships. Lagging cloth was wrapped around any portion of the HVAC system that could potentially breach. First a lagging adhesive was applied to the affected area and then lagging cloth wrapped around it to seal the breach. Until the early 1980s, almost all lagging material, including the lagging adhesive, was made from asbestos.
To manufacturers of lagging material, asbestos was the obvious material choice Extremely durable, impervious to flame and heat, and cheap, asbestos found its way into countless products during most of the twentieth century. Generally, if it got hot, it got asbestos. Since asbestos-containing lagging cloth was basically the only kind on the market, it can be found in almost any building with a heating and cooling system built or installed before the 1980s.
Despite the obvious safety benefits of asbestos in products such as pipe lagging, the toll that the fibrous mineral took on human health is staggering. Exposure to asbestos in any quantity can lead to a number of serious illnesses, including mesothelioma cancer, a deadly and fast-moving cancer that affects the lungs, abdomen and heart.
Despite knowing that asbestos caused mesothelioma, asbestosis and other deadly respiratory diseases since the 1930s, manufacturers still used in their products until they were forced to stop by the asbestos attorneys starting in the 1970s. Anyone who manufactured, installed, or removed asbestos pipe lagging is at serious risk of developing mesothelioma.
Asbestos manufacturers knew for decades that their products were hazardous, but squashed any information that may have helped their workers stay safe, including advocating the use of safety equipment. Mesothelioma law has been put in place to help mesothelioma cancer victims win the compensation they deserve.
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