Mesothelioma is a deadly cancer caused by breathing in or ingesting of asbestos dust by the victims. Mesothelioma affects approximately four times more men than women. This is because most exposure to asbestos dust happens in the workplaces where more men than women are employed such as the shipyards, asbestos mining sites, power stations, building sites, railway workshops, asbestos mills and other manufacturing factories around the world. Unlike other asbestos induced health problems, mesothelioma may also develop with relatively low levels of exposure to asbestos dust such as when exposure happens within a relatively short period of time.
For instance, women who contracted mesothelioma got it through contact with asbestos during the laundry of the work overalls, boots and other workplace clothes of their male relatives who work with asbestos. However, some women who had been directly exposed to it either at work or by living very close to a factory which pollutes the air around them by releasing asbestos dusts into the environment.
What is asbestos all about?
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was initially mined and used by the Ancient Greeks and the Roman. At the turn of the 19th century it is commercial became increasingly popular due to its resistance to heat, electricity and chemical damage, together with its ability to absorb sound. For those reasons mentioned, asbestos was widely used in the building construction as additive to cement as well as brake in the automobile industry and in the engineering works as pipes and boilers (insulator) lagging. Asbestos had been in use since its fire resistant power had been discovered. Thus asbestos played a prominent role during the second world of 1945 as it was widely in use then and until 1999 when it was banned asbestos was still in use in the UK.
Who Are More At Risk of Contracting Mesothelioma?
Due to the nature of their works, workers in the following professional occupation are more prone to asbestosis, mesothelioma and other asbestos fibres induced health problems. These professional occupations are:
Boilermakers and laggers, electricians (Who cut or drill through asbestos insulation to install cable trays), joiners, carpenter and builders (through sawing, drilling and fixing or replacing of asbestos cement board normally used in wall partitioning, suspended ceilings flooring, roof tiles and thermal insulation), motor mechanics (through contact with brake pads and clutches), pipe fitters and plumbers (through installation, maintenance/repairs of pipes, boilers and heating systems (These people by cutting and drilling through walls of asbestos along with the cutting and assemblage of pipes section with asbestos insulator lagging, removing and replacing damaged sections of pipes, valves, and flanges expose themselves to asbestos dusts released into the air during that actions), fire fighters, teachers, police officers, managers and professors among others.
For instance, women who contracted mesothelioma got it through contact with asbestos during the laundry of the work overalls, boots and other workplace clothes of their male relatives who work with asbestos. However, some women who had been directly exposed to it either at work or by living very close to a factory which pollutes the air around them by releasing asbestos dusts into the environment.
What is asbestos all about?
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was initially mined and used by the Ancient Greeks and the Roman. At the turn of the 19th century it is commercial became increasingly popular due to its resistance to heat, electricity and chemical damage, together with its ability to absorb sound. For those reasons mentioned, asbestos was widely used in the building construction as additive to cement as well as brake in the automobile industry and in the engineering works as pipes and boilers (insulator) lagging. Asbestos had been in use since its fire resistant power had been discovered. Thus asbestos played a prominent role during the second world of 1945 as it was widely in use then and until 1999 when it was banned asbestos was still in use in the UK.
Who Are More At Risk of Contracting Mesothelioma?
Due to the nature of their works, workers in the following professional occupation are more prone to asbestosis, mesothelioma and other asbestos fibres induced health problems. These professional occupations are:
Boilermakers and laggers, electricians (Who cut or drill through asbestos insulation to install cable trays), joiners, carpenter and builders (through sawing, drilling and fixing or replacing of asbestos cement board normally used in wall partitioning, suspended ceilings flooring, roof tiles and thermal insulation), motor mechanics (through contact with brake pads and clutches), pipe fitters and plumbers (through installation, maintenance/repairs of pipes, boilers and heating systems (These people by cutting and drilling through walls of asbestos along with the cutting and assemblage of pipes section with asbestos insulator lagging, removing and replacing damaged sections of pipes, valves, and flanges expose themselves to asbestos dusts released into the air during that actions), fire fighters, teachers, police officers, managers and professors among others.
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