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Asbestos and Kodak

Located in Rochester, NY, Kodak Park in and of itself is the largest of the plants of the Eastman Kodak Company. When Kodak Park was first established, it was a meager sixteen acres of farmland, and since then has grown into a plant occupying over one thousand acres. Paved streets, lawns, sewer and water treatment systems, railroad tracks and a power plant and have turned this once small factory into a community unto itself.

In the rising age of film-based photographic supplies, The Eastman Kodak Company led the way with new products to make photography simple and more useful. Kodak produces photographic film, papers and chemicals. Kodak has also produced film for the motion picture industry, and is known for their images used in a variety of applications. Since the advance of the digital age, Kodak’s traditional photographic market is changing, and has moved towards the production of digital cameras, printers and accessories for digital photography and video. Still to this day, the Kodak brand is recognized in virtually every country of the world.

When the average individual thinks of Kodak, cameras and photographic supplies come to mind. Many would be surprised to learn that asbestos was present in Kodak Park during the production phase of photographic materials and supplies. Kodak workers were exposed to asbestos dust from working with and in the vicinity of a wide variety of asbestos containing products. Asbestos could be found in pipe covering, gaskets, thermal insulation and packing material. Asbestos covered pipe-steam lines, chemical and refrigeration lines. Asbestos block material covered duct work and turbines. Block insulation that contained asbestos could be found any place where there were ducts that supplied heat or had heat exchangers in them. Asbestos could be found in virtually every building that occupied Kodak Park.

Our attorneys have gathered a vast amount of information concerning the type and variety of asbestos containing products to which our clients were exposed. If you or a loved one once worked at Kodak Park and have been diagnosed with an asbestos related disease such as mesothelioma, please contact us for a free case evaluation.