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...]