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Did you work with International Paint (Intertuf? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. International Paint (Intertuf, sold from the 1950s until the 1970s. Plaintiffs have alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that International Paint's anti-corrosive marine primer line allegedly contained chrysotile asbestos as a reinforcing filler and allegedly exposed shipyard painters and merchant crews to airborne asbestos during spray-application and dry-dock recoat prep. Chrysotile asbestos fiber allegedly incorporated as a reinforcing filler in anti-corrosive primer, released as airborne dust during shipyard spray-application overspray, sanding between coats, and dry-scrape removal of weathered primer during dry-dock recoat cycles. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Painters, Shipyard Workers, and Merchant Mariners. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around International Paint (Intertuf and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
International Paint (International Paint Company, later Akzo Nobel’s International Paint / Interfine / Intertuf line) was allegedly one of the dominant global suppliers of marine coating systems to Navy, merchant, and shipyard buyers. Plaintiffs have alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that certain International Paint anti-corrosive primers and undercoats allegedly incorporated chrysotile asbestos fiber as a reinforcing additive to improve hold-out over sandblasted steel and to build film thickness on hull plating, ballast-tank interiors, and cargo-hold bulkheads.
According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, asbestos-fibered International Paint primer was allegedly applied at U.S. shipyards on Navy combatants, tankers, cargo vessels, and Great Lakes bulk carriers from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Workers Exposed
- Shipyard painters spray-applying International Paint primer in blast-and-paint sequences
- Sandblasters removing weathered primer during dry-dock recoat cycles
- Merchant mariners and Navy ratings performing underway hull and superstructure touch-up
- Boilermakers and welders burning through painted plating in repair yards
- Painters’ laborers mixing and thinning primer in enclosed shipyard paint shops
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