The cause of mesothelioma is singular but deadly. Malignant mesothelioma, a fatal cancer that develops in the mesothelium in the lungs, results from unknowingly breathing in microscopic particles of asbestos. An ounce of prevention they say is worth a pound of cure. And considering that there is no certain cure for mesothelioma at present, it would be better to avoid any incidents of asbestos exposure, the primary cause of mesothelioma. But how do you avoid inhaling something so tiny you can’t see it without a microscope? How do you protect yourself from asbestos? Coping With Workplaces That … [Read more...]
Asbestos Exposure
Study Finds Asbestos and Mesothelioma Connection High in Women
Asbestos and mesothelioma is an unfortunate association typically found to occur in people who worked in occupations with asbestos exposure. These include occupations such as manufacturing, automotive parts distribution and auto repair, housing construction, ship building and military service, asbestos and lung cancer are thought to be connected in a cause-and-effect way primarily in men. Now a new study suggests that women may be more vulnerable to mesothelioma than previously thought. This new study on asbestos and mesothelioma in women, published online in the journal Environment … [Read more...]
British Royals Confronts Asbestos Problems in their Palace
We think of asbestos problems as only happening to everyday working people - people who work with their hands in places like shipyards, auto repair shops, heating and insulating companies. Or to their family members who may breathe in asbestos dust brought home on the clothes and tools of the worker. The truth is asbestos problems can happen to anyone anywhere - even to someone who is very wealthy and lives in a grand home. Or in this case a palace. And the danger of asbestos problems can confront all kinds of people, even British royalty. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, also known as … [Read more...]
Asbestos Exposure on the Job May Increase Risk for Head and Neck Cancer
Asbestos exposure frequently is linked to an increased likelihood of developing mesothelioma, a fatal cancer that affects the lungs. But asbestos exposure can cause other types of cancer as well. For a healthy body to develop cancer to begin with, there needs to be a certain level of exposure to the cancer-causing toxin to kickstart or as the scientists say, initiate the cancer process. It can be an enormous amount of exposure all at once, like the radiation from the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. Or it can be a little bit of exposure every day over years that … [Read more...]
Asbestos-Related Disease Still Causes Hundreds of Thousands Years of Potential Life Lost
Asbestos-related disease still cuts short too many lives and deprives Americans of hundreds of thousands of productive years of potential living, according to startling new data from a leading US government watchdog agency. The new study from the National institute of Occupational Safety and Health published in the Journal of Industrial Medicine reports that over 427,000 life years were lost from 1999 to 2010 because of early deaths from mesothelioma and asbestosis. NIOSH researchers reported that life years lost to mesothelioma and asbestosis changed little between 1999 and 2010 despite … [Read more...]
Doctors Find Rare Connection between Asbestos Exposure and Blood-Forming Cancer
During the latter half of the 20th century, the general public started to become more aware of the fact that asbestos exposure can increase the risk of several potentially fatal diseases, a relationship that scientists had known about for a much longer period of time. Contact with the hazardous material is usually a consequence of occupational exposure, as well as handling products that were manufactured with asbestos. Once inside the body, asbestos fibers can wreak havoc. When most people think about asbestos-related diseases, diseases such as malignant pleural mesothelioma or other … [Read more...]