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Aquiring Mesothelioma - Exposure and Risk Factors
An estimated 27.5 million people were exposed to asbestos between 1940 and 1979.
—RAND Corporation
- Exposure to asbestos is the only known cause of mesothelioma.
- Millions of American workers have been exposed to asbestos dust since the 1940s.
- Asbestos has been used commercially since the late 1800s, but was used in large amounts during World War II.
- According to the National Cancer Institute, family members of asbestos workers have an increased risk of developing mesothelioma. This risk may be the result of exposure to asbestos dust brought home on the clothing and hair of asbestos workers.
- Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked with asbestos during the course of their careers. They include:
- Auto mechanics
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers
- Building inspectors
- Carpenters
- Drywallers
- Electricians
- Floor coverers
- Furnace workers
- Glazers
- Grinders
- Hod carriers
- Insulators
- Iron workers
- Laborers
- Longshoremen
- Maintenance workers
- Merchant marines
- Millwrights
- Operating engineers
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Roofers
- Sand blasters
- Sheet metal workers
- Steam fitters
- Tile setters
- Welders
- Navy veterans
- Welders
- Because mesothelioma has such a long incubation period (between 20 to 50 years before symptoms become apparent), many people don’t associate the onset of severe lung problems with something they were exposed to almost half a century ago.
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