Manufacturers of asbestos related products despite knowledge of the dangers posed by exposure to this mineral continued to place workers at risk. Asbestos has been studied to be a human carcinogen, and documents show that breathing asbestos fibers has been a major occupational hazard.

Asbestos companies deliberately hid this information, conspiring amongst themselves to deceive consumers by releasing fake medical tests illustrating the use of their products as safe.

Yet doctors who made their own investigations on the health problems experienced by workers in asbestos companies pursued through the years by publishing articles on their findings.

But it was not until 1971 that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set the limit for acceptable levels of asbestos exposure in the workplace.   More detail...