asbestos

Example Sentences

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No action was taken for years but with falling masonry, lingering asbestos, regular fires and exploding toilets, everyone agrees the work needs to be done.

From BBC

Other risk factors included being overweight, a lack of exercise, UV radiation and being exposed to threats such as asbestos while working.

From Barron's

It accuses the law firm of a “systematic scheme of fraud operating beneath the surface of ostensibly ordinary asbestos litigation.”

From Los Angeles Times

They tested for asbestos, toxic metals such as lead and potentially hazardous organic compounds often unleashed through combustion, called volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.

From Los Angeles Times

Around 3,000 claimants in the U.K. have accused the company of knowingly selling baby powder that was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos.

From Barron's