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Asbestos-related illnesses generally have a long latency period. Symptoms can take as many as 15-30 years after exposure to appear. Tragically, most asbestos-related diseases are incurable. Mesothelioma Exposure Most individuals who have been injured or have died from asbestos-related diseases were exposed when asbestos-containing products were installed or replaced in commercial and industrial buildings. Tradesmen often had to saw, cut, and pound the products, a process that emitted billions of microscopic asbestos fibers into the atmosphere. Exposure to asbestos is not limited only to those who directly handle the material. Asbestos-related diseases have been found in bystanders, such as shipfitters, machinists, or electricians who work alongside the insulation worker in a shipyard or the housewife who does no more than shake out and wash her husband's work clothes. Community exposure has resulted from the use of asbestos-containing material sprayed on steel girders in many large buildings. Anyone in the vicinity of airborne asbestos is at risk for breathing the fibers and developing disease. Asbestos exposure is particularly
dangerous in people who have smoked tobacco or continue to smoke. A
person who smokes and who has inhaled asbestos is at least 50 times
more likely to develop lung cancer.
If you or a loved one has been exposed to asbestos, or is suffering from mesothelioma or other asbestos-related diseases, we would like to help. E-mail
or call one of our asbestos attorneys
to 800-556-5522
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