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Mesothelioma: High Risk Professions and Products
Below we have provided an alphabetical list of "High Risk Professions." The list was generated on the basis of the possibility for reoccurring contact with Asbestos, thus significantly increasing not only your chances of Mesothelioma but the chance that one of your family members could potentially develop Mesothelioma.
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers
- Building trades workers
- Carpenters
- Electricians
- Industrial workers
- Insulators
- Maintenance workers
- Mechanics
- Millwrights
- Navy personnel
- Pipe fitters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Refinery workers
- Shipyard Workers
- Steam fitters
- Steel workers
Also we have provided a List of High Risk Products that at one time contained Asbestos, or possibly still contain traces of Asbestos and have the potential to cause Mesothelioma. Also alphabatized for ease of use.
A
- Acoustical Plaster
- Adhesives
- Artificial Fireplaces and Materials
- Asbestos Rope
- Asphalt Floor Tile
B
- Base Flashing
- Blown-in Insulation
- Boiler Insulation
- Brake Pads and Linings
- Breaching Insulation
C
- Carpet Underlays
- Caulking/Putties
- Ceiling Tiles and Lay-in Panels
- Cement
- Cement Pipes
- Cement Siding
- Cement Wallboard
- Chalkboards
- Clutch Facings
- Construction Mastics (floor tile, carpet, ceiling tile, etc.)
- Cooling Towers
D
- Decorative Plaster
- Ducts
- Ductwork Flexible Fabric Connections
E
- Electric Wiring Insulation
- Electric Wiring Insulation
- Electrical Cloth
- Electrical Panel Partitions
- Elevator Brake Shoes
- Elevator Equipment Panels
F
- Fire Blankets
- Fire Curtains
- Fire Doors
- Fireproofing and Insulation
- Fireproofing Materials
- Flooring
- Flooring Backing
- Furnaces and Furnace Door Gaskets and Seals
H
- Hair Dryers
- Heating and Electrical Ducts
- High Temperature Gaskets
- HVAC Duct Insulation
- HVAC Duct Insulation
J
L
- Laboratory Gloves
- Laboratory Hoods/Table Tops
P
- Packing Materials (for wall/floor penetrations)
- Patching and Spackling Compounds
- Pipe Insulation (corrugated air-cell, block, etc.)
- Pot Holders, Stovetop Pads, and Ironing Board Pads
R
- Roofing
- Roofing Felt
- Roofing Shingles
S
- Spackling Compounds
- Spray-Applied Insulation and Soundproofing
T
- Taping Compounds (thermal)
- Taping Compounds (thermal)
- Textured Paints/Coatings
- Textured Paints/Coatings
- Thermal Paper Products
- Thermal Paper, Millboard, and Sheet Products
- Toasters and other Household Appliances
V
- Vinyl
- Vinyl Floor Tile
- Vinyl Sheet Flooring
- Vinyl Wall Coverings
W
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