Asbestos Products

Lagging Adhesive

For many years, heating and cooling systems experts have used lagging adhesives that contain asbestos to seal ducts and ventilation corridors against the leakage of temperature treated air. Asbestos has been a popular constituent material for lagging adhesive for a number of reasons. Manufacturers have found that asbestos is quite durable, fire resistance, and is a very poor conductor of heat, making it an excellent insulator. With the additional benefit of its low cost and wide availability, asbestos was a favorite of lagging adhesive manufacturers and was used in thousands of adhesive formulas during the asbestos industry peak in the 1950s and 1960s.

In the 1970s, many HVAC technicians and other heat systems workers who had fallen ill as a result of their exposure to asbestos began to file large numbers of claims against the manufacturers of asbestos-containing lagging adhesive, boiler, and HVAC insulation. Although these lawsuits put pressure on manufacturers to cease producing asbestos materials, many makers of asbestos lagging adhesive and other products continued to distribute and stock store shelves with the dangerous material at the risk of consumers and workers everywhere. Even to this day, in American and particularly in developing countries, asbestos-containing insulation, lagging adhesive, and other products designed for the heating system industry still present a drastic crisis to the health of workers and communities.

Over time, the asbestos contained in lagging adhesive may begin to erode and break down, or it may be disturbed during removal or renovation of an HVAC or other heating and cooling system. When this break down occurs, millions of friable asbestos particles may rest freely in the ducts of the system, until treated air is blown through the ducts. This presents a serious hazard to everyone occupying a building that contains asbestos lagging adhesive. These particles may then be blown through the ducts and vents into the various rooms of a school, office building, factory, or any other type of building, where they may be aspirated by the building's inhabitants.

During the last few decades in the United States, thousands of HVAC workers and others who simply lived in a asbestos ridden building have died as the result of their exposure. These numbers are not expected to let up anytime in the near future. Innocent workers and other individuals who aspirate asbestos particles which have broken loose from lagging adhesive may develop serious asbestos-related illnesses, including mesothelioma, lung-cancer, asbestosis, a non-cancer respiratory tract condition, and other life-threatening medical illnesses. Countless buildings have asbestos lagging adhesive installed in their heating system. In fact, if the building in which you work or live was built before 1970, it is almost a certainty that asbestos lagging adhesive or another asbestos insulation product was installed when the building was constructed or renovated. What does this mean for you and your family?

If you or a loved one goes to school, works, or lives in a building that has a heating system sealed with asbestos lagging adhesive, you may be in danger or developing mesothelioma or another serious, life-threatening asbestos-related condition. As a worker, consumer, and member of your community, you have a right to information about the materials occupying your environment. If the manufacturers of asbestos lagging adhesive have failed to provide you with this vital information, they may be at fault for your risk of mesothelioma or other serious illness. Don't wait until you are too sick to take action. Fight back today! Contact an experienced mesothelioma litigation attorney who can make sure that the manufacturers at fault for your illness are held responsible. Don't be a voiceless victim. Be heard! Call an asbestos attorney today.

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