anges ▁which ▁were ▁in ▁turn ▁covered ▁in ▁heavy ▁fire - ret ard ant ▁ins ulation ▁that ▁also ▁contained ▁as best os ▁but ▁was ▁manufact ured ▁by ▁other ▁parties . ▁The ▁as best os ▁contained ▁by ▁Gar lock ▁products ▁is ▁enc ased ▁in ▁a ▁polym er - like ▁subst ance . ▁Gar lock ▁products ▁only ▁emit ▁as best os ▁fib ers ▁when ▁cut ▁or ▁struck ▁heavily , ▁usually ▁during ▁removal . ▁Rem oving ▁such ▁g ask ets ▁would ▁necessarily ▁require ▁first ▁removing ▁the ▁ins ulation ▁covering ▁them ▁which ▁would ▁also ▁release ▁as best os . ▁The ▁ch rys ot ile ▁as best os ▁used ▁in ▁Gar lock ' s ▁g ask ets ▁is ▁roughly ▁ 1 / 1 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 / 2 0 0 0 ▁as ▁car cin ogen ic ▁as ▁the ▁fri able ▁am ph ib ole ▁as best os ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁ins ulating ▁t ape ▁just ▁mentioned . ▁Over ▁a ▁thirty - five ▁year ▁period ▁Gar lock ▁was ▁su ed ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁times ▁and ▁forced ▁to ▁pay ▁about ▁$ 1 . 3 ▁billion ▁in ▁jud g ements , ▁settlement s , ▁and ▁defense ▁costs . ▁Gar lock ▁exha usted ▁its ▁ins urance ▁coverage ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁Case ▁history ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Gar lock ▁file d ▁under ▁a ▁special ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁bank rupt cy ▁code ▁( Ch apter ▁ 1 1 , ▁section ▁ 5 2 4 ( g )), ▁which ▁Congress ▁en act ed ▁in