Find the question that sounds like yours
You do not need to learn our filing system. Start with what you need today or with the detail you remember. The deeper research stays behind the scenes until it is useful.
I was just diagnosed
Start with medical priorities, records, family roles and the first questions that matter.
I do not know where the exposure happened
You do not need a product name or complete exposure theory before beginning.
I am helping someone with mesothelioma
Family guidance, appointments, records, practical coordination and preserving memories.
I remember a job, workplace, product or detail
Start with one memory and follow the history only as far as the evidence allows.
I want to understand compensation or trusts
Legal process, potential compensation paths and asbestos bankruptcy trusts in plain language.
I want to research something specific
Go deeper into occupations, industries, products, facilities, source-led evidence and historical records.
Mesothelioma
Disease, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, specialists, questions for appointments, records and family guidance.
Asbestos
What asbestos is, why it was used, products and equipment, occupations, industries, household pathways and evidentiary limits.
Exposure Atlas
Start with a job, place, product, machine, family member or year and follow the relationships worth investigating.
Living Knowledge Library
How H&S distinguishes a lead from proof, uses sources, shows uncertainty and connects historical information.
Begin with one memory
You do not need to know the product, manufacturer, trust or legal category. Start with the detail you remember and follow the research from there.
Already remember a New York workplace?
Use the workplace finder to search by company, town, trade, region, equipment or another detail you remember.
Want to organize the history step by step?
Use guided exposure reconstruction to organize a place, job, years, equipment, people and records into a private starting outline.
Start with the part of New York you remember
A place can be easier to remember than a product name. Use the map for orientation, then choose the region that matches the place you remember.
H&S research regions: seven broad areas used to organize the research library. Select a colored region on the map or use the links below. Regional divisions are not official government boundaries and do not represent precise workplace locations.
Choose the kind of detail you remember
A job or occupation
What did you do each day? Who worked nearby? What equipment, materials, maintenance or shutdown work do you remember?
A workplace or industry
Start with the plant, shipyard, building, shop or other environment and work outward to trades, equipment, products and records.
A machine, product or material
Boilers, pumps, valves, brakes, flooring, joint compound, insulation, gaskets, packing and other remembered categories can become leads.
A family member's work
Clothing, shoes, tools, vehicles, laundry and the worker's occupational history may matter in a household investigation.
Military service
Branch, rate or MOS, ship, base, duty, equipment and service period can guide the search for records and historical context.
Talc or consumer-product use
Product type, brand if remembered, frequency, manner of use and years of use are more useful than a general assumption.
Useful information before a legal conversation
After a diagnosis
Medical priorities, records, family roles and the first exposure-history steps.
Specialists & second opinions
What to bring, what to ask and what a multidisciplinary review can add.
Family & caregiver guide
Appointments, notes, communication, practical coordination and preserving family knowledge.
Documents & records
Medical records, employment history, military records, photographs and other documents that may help later.
Mesothelioma
What Is Mesothelioma?SymptomsDiagnosis & PathologyTreatment OptionsFinding a SpecialistPatients & FamiliesExposure Investigation
Start With What You Remember →How We Investigate ExposureBuild an Exposure TimelineGuided Exposure Reconstruction →New York Workplace FinderJobsite InvestigationProduct InvestigationUnknown Exposure SourceThe Exposure InterviewExplore New York Exposure Research →Occupations & Industries
Occupational ExposureElectriciansCarpentersPlumbers & SteamfittersMechanicsMillwrightsBoilermakersInsulatorsIndustrial MaintenanceHVAC & Sheet MetalStationary Engineers / Boiler OperatorsPower GenerationShipbuilding & RepairProducts & Equipment
Historical Research Collections →Historical Evidence Library →Historical Product Evidence Library →Manufacturer & Supplier ResearchCompanies, Products & Historical RecordsExposure Intelligence: Start With the Work →Products & EquipmentGaskets & PackingPumps & ValvesBrakes & FrictionFlooring & AdhesivesJoint Compound & DrywallOther Exposure Pathways
Household / Take-HomeMilitary ServicePersonal TalcIndustrial Talc: Vanderbilt Historical EvidenceNo Known ExposureYounger Age / No Known ExposureLegal & Firm
Legal Guidance CenterWhat Happens During a Case?Research & Source LibraryUnderstanding Bankruptcy TrustsTrust Research CenterVanderbilt Minerals Bankruptcy & Talc ClaimsTrust DirectoryTrust FAQPotential Compensation PathsChoosing CounselHow We ResearchTrusted ConnectionsContactNeed a human next step?
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