Contact our lawyers as soon as possible to ensure that we have time to investigate each case and to file a claim when needed. If we must file a wrongful death lawsuit due to asbestos exposure, victims have two years from the date of death to file a claim. A representative of the deceas...
This type of exposure is generally referred to as secondary asbestos exposure. Unfortunately, this exposure puts children directly in the crosshairs of numerous deadly diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. Many studies have shown a direct link from secondary or household exposure to increased...
Mesothelioma is a rare and highly progressive form of cancer that mainly affects the protective lining surrounding the lungs, abdomen or heart. The cause is exposure to asbestos, and its symptoms can take years to manifest. #3. Lung Cancer Asbestos exposure can vastly increase the chances of de...
As asbestos deteriorates, it can release hazardous small fibers into the air. When inhaled, these fibers can causelung cancer, asbestosis, or scarring of the lung tissue, mesothelioma, a deadly cancer of the lining of the lungs, and other asbestos-related diseases, which can take decades to...
Lung Cancer– Malignant tumor that invades the lungs.(14) Asbestosis– Scarring of lung tissue.(15) People at Risk of Asbestos Exposure Globally, about 125 million people are exposed to asbestos at work.(16)In the U.S. alone, more than one million employees in construction and general ind...
Provides for the worker about asbestos training, lets them understand correctly the asbestos to their body hazardous nature, raises their self-protection consciousness.The company provides the asbestos exposure suit for each worker, in order to avoid worker inspiration asbestos dust. ...
Enter into the world of hidden home dangers. Gas mask anyone? First up, asbestos. John Chiasson/Liaison/Getty Images In the 1970s, it became clear that exposure to asbestos had the potential to cause cancer and other respiratory problems. If asbestos is such a danger, shouldn't it all ...
Asbestos:The biggest risk for asbestos exposure today occurs when fibers are disturbed during construction, repairs, and demolition of old buildings. Inhaling asbestos fibers accounts for the vast majority of mesothelioma cases. Mesothelioma is a cancer that can affect the lining around the lungs, the...
for the children born later. Cancer, tumors, hearing loss, autism and other serious neurological and developmental disorders, growth retardation, heart problems, etc. – these are just a few of the many disorders and diseases that our children are likely to suffer due to radiation exposure. ...
E Fee - 《American Journal of Epidemiology》 被引量: 17发表: 1991年 Editorial: Exposure to asbestos dust. Examines the development of pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer due to exposure to commercial asbestos dust in Great Britain. Occurrence of carcinomata in t... British Medical Journal Publish...