Monday, November 8, 2010

Causes of Mesothelioma

Working with asbestos is the major risk factor for mesothelioma. It occurs when asbestos fibers are inhaled or ingested and become stuck in human tissue, causing inflammation or infection. But what exactly is asbestos? Asbestos is a naturally-occurring fibrous substance that was very popular in the 1900 in a number of different industries. When the public became aware of the hazards associated with the mineral, warnings were issued in the mid-1970s and use of it began to decrease

37 comments:

  1. Easy to get into esp ppl working close to it. tons of ppl unaware what they had

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  2. My grandfather died of mesothilioma, My mother ended up getting about 2k from the settlment.

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  3. Meso be damned, I want macrothelioma.

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  4. I recently did a post on mesothelioma. My dad's friend has it, unfortunately. Very educational post though. Thanks!

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  5. That huge of a latency is pretty scary, I mean 15 or more years..

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  6. wow. what a lot of information haha. thanks for the post!

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  7. cool post didnt know some of these things causd it

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  8. Mesothelioma is scary stuff!

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  9. a lot of people have died unfortunately

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  10. interesting stuff, gonna keep an eye ont his.

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  11. Nice info... I'll try and avoid asbestos!

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  12. I still see it in some old ass building.Cancer ftw i guess

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  13. Dind't know that. Good read btw.

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  14. sounds pretty scary, hopefully my future work place will be asbestos free

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  15. great info, thank you :)

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