Asbestos Products

Ceiling Tiles

For most of the past 20th century, asbestos was used in a vast array of products that can be found today in residences, commercial and industrial properties, and educational facilities. The frequency with which the typical person comes in contact with asbestos and asbestos-containing products is justifiably alarming. Asbestos is everywhere, whether we choice to acknowledge it or not, despite that fact that many of its popular applications have been banned over the course of the past 20 years. The breadth of asbestos legislation is not so great that it has banned asbestos from all products on the market, and no amount of law or boycott, no matter how nearly universal, can rid our homes and workplaces of the asbestos products that were installed during constructions and renovations taking place before the late 1970s.

It is estimated that these days nearly 10,000 people in the United States die per year as a direct result of exposure to harmful asbestos materials, such as asbestos-containing ceiling tiles. Though most of the products used in home and commercial construction today are no longer manufactured with asbestos, many asbestos products have sat for decades in homes and business, just waiting to make the people who inhabit those spaces seriously ill. Thousands of industrial, office and residential buildings still contain ceilings tiles made in part from asbestos. For instance, asbestos ceiling tiles were for many years a popular product used in the construction of ceilings in residential basements across the country. Today, many of these homes -- most of which were built before 1970 -- still have their original asbestos ceiling tiles. While some of these ceilings are in acceptable condition, many of these basement ceilings have begun to degrade with time. This poses a serious problem.

When asbestos-containing ceiling tiles begin to degrade -- which they do quite often, many years after they've been installed -- these tiles can release dangerous asbestos particles into the atmosphere in your home or workplace. Additionally, upon seeing their old ceilings beginning to sag and degenerate, many people hire contractors to install new ceiling tiles in their basements, schools, or factories. When an unqualified, unlicensed company removes asbestos ceiling tiles, asbestos may be allowed to contaminate the environment. In order for these ceiling tiles to be properly removed, they must be removed by an experienced, specially trained company that uses special equipment, an air filtration system, and the building must be quarantined until the air has been tested for traces of asbestos.

In the event that a home, school, or other building is contaminated with asbestos as the result of ceiling tile degradation or removal, everyone in the area is at risk. Aspiration of asbestos particles has been shown to cause a variety of illnesses and deadly cancers, including mesothelioma, which attacks the organ tissues and is highly fatal. These diseases can take many years to fully develop, by which time litigation and receiving the proper medical treatment can be difficult. You and your family have the right to reside, learn, and work in an environment that is free from hazards such as asbestos. If you believe that you or a member of your family has at any time been exposed to asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, please contact a lawyer who can advise you. An experienced lawyer can make sure you and your family receive the care and justice you so desperately need.

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