AGING ASBESTOS WARNING

Asbestos was widely used in building much of the twentieth century. After 1968, asbestos was still used in construction, but in smaller quantities.

The general consensus is that asbestos does not cause health problems unless its fibers are released into the air. People should still be wary of mesothelioma because aging asbestos-containing materials easily released asbestos fibers into the air. Exposure occurs when asbestos fibers are inhaled or ingested, lodging themselves in the lungs to eventually cause pleural mesothelioma or asbestosis.

Genetics are very relevant to patients with mesothelioma cancer. Individuals who are exposed to asbestos who also carry certain genes are even more likely to develop pleural mesothelioma, a particularly aggressive and fatal form of cancer that affects the lungs.

See more about TERT and CRR9

Genetics are very relevant to patients with mesothelioma cancer. Individuals who are exposed to asbestos who also carry certain genes are even more likely to develop pleural mesothelioma, a particularly aggressive and fatal form of cancer that affects the lungs.

See more about TERT and CRR9

Mesothelioma Rates Increasing in Vermont

Tailings--also known as slimes, tailings pile, tails, or leach residue--
are the remainder of separating ore. Nowadays, tailings are usually
repurposed in some way. It's very ecologically minded. However,
when the tailings are from an asbestos mine, and people around that
asbestos mine are dying from mesothelioma at a higher rate than
elsewhere, then exactly how those asbestos tailings were repurposed
becomes a critical question.

That's what is happening in Colchester Vermont, as the state is
looking at road and construction projects, trying to determine if
asbestos tailings from the local mine are responsible, or connected
in some way, with the mesothelioma rate.

Construction Kills

The largest cause of occupational death is asbestos exposure. According to the UK's Health and Safety Executive whose mission it is to "... protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled,"

"Asbestos isthe greatest single cause of work-related deaths in the UK. Health and safety information on the dangers and management of asbestos in the workplace. "Every week 20 tradesmen die from asbestos-related disease. If you carry out work on a building that was built or refurbished before the year 2000, you could have been exposed to asbestos, without even knowing it." The Hidden Killer Campaign website is Here

Mesothelioma Lawfirm

Volcanic Mineral Exposure Tied to Fatal Mesothelioma

According to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, exposure to a fibrous volcanic mineral called erionite has been associated with a high incidence of mesothelioma. Research done by Y. Izzettin Baris, M.D., of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, followed 891 Turkish patients for 23 years.

Mesothelioma Lawfirm

UK Asbestos Risk

UK schools are at risk by exposing students and teachers at 13,000 schools to asbestos. The government is resisting planning a nationwide asbestos audit to assess the health hazards. Asbestos was widely used in construction of public buildings built between 1945 and 1974. Badge PDF: The British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) incorporates the British Mesothelioma Interest Group

Mesothelioma clears Commons Seat

John MacDougall who died in August after being diagnosed with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. His seat in the House of Commons has been won by Lindsay Roy, the former head of Kirkcaldy High School

Mesothelioma Runner

Surrounded by “Team Tom”—the many runners he has trained, inspired and encouraged for the last decade, Tom Kaisersatt finished the Silicon Valley Marathon, months after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. Days after the race, Kaisersatt underwent a 4th round of chemotherapy, after which he may or may not undergo extra-pleural pneumonectomy, or removal of his right lung.

Secondhand Asbestos Exposure

FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida -$3.6 million was awarded to a mesothelioma victim caused by second-hand asbestos exposure. The Broward County Florida jury awarded both husband and wife; her mesothelioma was attributed to exposure that happened in the seventies and eighties in a Wisconsin car dealership where she had been employed for a couple of years.

Were YOU Exposed?

Paraoccupational mesothelioma is a risk for anyone with family who worked in an asbestos-using industry. That daily hug from dad after he got home from work or mom washing work clothes can be enough exposure to cause health problems later on. Much later on.

The mesothelioma's latency period is typically 30 to 40 years. If you breathed in asbestos fibers brought home by spouse, friend or family member as long ago as the 1950s and 1960s and only now be experiencing symptoms.

Exposure

Most cases of mesothelioma involve patients with a work history of asbestos exposure. This is because mesothelioma is caused by inhaling or ingesting asbestos particles. It usually presents as a pleural mesothelioma, i.e. a mass located in the membranes that line the lungs. Twenty percent of mesothelioma patients have peritoneal mesothelioma, which is located in the lining of the abdomen that encases several abdominal organs.