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Boiler Insulation - Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure Risks

For more than half a century, asbestos has been a popular material used in the construction of industrial, commercial and residential properties. However, over the last few decades, asbestos and all asbestos-containing products have been banned in many countries, including Australia and Great Britain. This is because of the harmful effects of the material.

Despite the known dangers of asbestos exposure, the use of this substance in construction and manufacturing continued without restriction until the 1970s. In America, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of asbestos in most construction materials in 1977. However, because the ban applied only to the production of new supplies of materials and not to the use of existing stocks of asbestos-containing products, these existing supplies were used until the mid-1980s.

It is likely that millions of homes in the United States are contaminated with asbestos. Asbestos has been installed in countless homes in the United States and to insulate boilers. While asbestos is very effective in this application, it is also extremely unsafe and reflects negligence on the part of the company that has installed or manufactured your boiler.

This asbestos boiler insulation is not hazardous as long as it remains sealed beneath a layer of canvas and a special coating agent. However, if the canvas wears down or is broken by an impact or during the replacement of your boiler, millions of tiny asbestos fibers and particles can be released into the air. When such an event takes place, the asbestos fibers can be inhaled, which can cause serious damage to your body.

Asbestos and Legal Options

Exposure to airborne asbestos particles from your boiler insulation can cause lung scarring, making it difficult for you and your loved ones to breath. Over time, this damage to your lungs often develops into an extremely deadly form of lung cancer called mesothelioma. In many cases, mesothelioma symptoms take many years or decades to present themselves.

If you or a loved one have been exposed to the asbestos-containing boiler insulation or any other asbestos material and have been diagnosed with a related disease, you may have legal options for compensation. For more information, please fill out the request form on this page to receive a free informational packet about treatment and legal options..

Additional Construction Products:

Acoustic Finishes
Acoustical Plaster
Air Cell Pipe Covering
Asbestos Flatboard
Asbestos Lap
Asbestos Micarta
Asbestos Millboard
Asbestos Panels
Base Flashing
Blown-In Insulation
Boiler Insulation
Boiler Wall Coat
Bonding Cement
Breaching Insulation
Brick and Block Mortar
Calcium Silicate Insulation
Caulking
Ceiling Tiles
Cork Board
Cork Covering
Cork Filled Mastic
Construction Mastics
Dry Mix Joint Compound
Ductwork Connectors
Duplex Blox
Duplex Pipe Covering
Electric Wiring Insulation
Expansion Joint
Firefoil Board
Firefoil Panel
Flex Board
Flexible Duct Connectors
Flooring Backing
Gunning Mix
Heat Guards
Heating Ducts
HVAC Duct Insulation
Insulation
Insulating Mix
Insulation Coating
Insulation Duct
Insulation Jacketing
Insulation Seal
Joint Compound
Lagging Adhesive
Lagging Cloth
Lagging Tape
Machine Room Ceilings
Machine Room Floors
Machine Room Walls
Machine Room Ducts
Navy Sealer
Paint
Patching Fiber
Patching Plaster
Permaboard
Pipe Covering
Pipe Insulation
Putties
Rollboard
Roofing Shingles
Roofing Felt
Seals
Sheets
Sheetrock
Spackle
Spackle Plaster
Spackling Compounds
Sponge Blocks
Spray Fireproofing
Spray-Applied Insulation
Stone Corrugated Sheets
Stone Sheathing
Taping Compounds
Textured Coatings
Textured Paints
Thermal Spray
Transite
Troweled Coatings
Vermiculite Compounds
Vinyl Floor Tiles
Welding Blankets
Welding Rods
Wood Fiber Plaster
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