Asbestos Exposure and Glaziers: Risks and Prevention

Glaziers who worked professionally before the mid-1980s are at an increased risk for asbestos exposure and asbestos-related diseases.

There are many buildings and houses that were built prior to the 1970s which contain the mineral and are still in use. It’s Important to understand that asbesto is not dangerous unless the microscopic fibers become airborne or are ingested. However, when these structures are disturbed, typically by renovations, or small repairs that include drilling, sanding, or cutting, anyone who breathes in the fibers, or ingests them inadvertently in drinks or food, are at risk of developing long term illnesses. 

Las personas que trabajaron en estas industrias antes de mediados de la década de 1980 tienen un mayor riesgo de desarrollar enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto:

Desafortunadamente también lo hacen sus familias.

Nearly every building constructed before the mid-1980s included asbestos products and materials.

Asbestos was mixed with many different construction and manufacturing materials to make them more resistant to fire, friction, corrosion, electricity, pressure, and sound. Some of these materiales más comunes incluyen:

• Yeso
• Vinilo
• Aislamiento
• Paneles de yeso
• Teja
• Selladores
• Cemento
• Pintura
• Conductos
• Tubería
• Herpes
• Paneles

These products were then used in a variety of places and in vehicles that people used every day. Factories, shipyards, schools, and refineries, cars, trucks, motorcycles, buses, trains, and military cars all were likely to contain trace amounts of asbestos.

Asbestos diseases have a long latency, meaning they can take many decades to appear.

Once exposed, especially for extended periods of time, it is believed that asbestos never leaves a person’s system because of its durability. Again, fibers enter the body by being inhaled or ingested and become embedded into the lungs and pleural membranes. Over time, these fibers begin to cause health problems leading to chronic illness, and in some cases, death. Among the most common enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto include asbestosis, mesothelioma, lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, and ovarian cancer, but these are just a few.

Asbestos is now highly regulated and many uses are banned. But it is still in many buildings, and thousands of industrial workers like glaziers and their families have asbestos damage.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have taken measures to protect trabajadores from exposure to hazardous materials. The National Library of Medicine provides scientific evidence of asbestos and its harmful effects from extended exposure.

According to the Mesothelioma Clinic, glaziers and other glassworkers are at risk of asbestos-related illnesses because of their jobs. The exposure came from regular use of products that contained asbestos, and a number of glazing products manufactured before the 1990s commonly contained the toxin. Among them are:

• Masilla
• Sellador
• Insulated frames
• Weatherstripping

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Present-day Exposure Risks

Ever since the use of asbestos was greatly restricted by the mid-1980s, there have been products entering the market to replace the toxin. However, not all products that have asbestos in them have been replaced. Some commonly known products that still contain asbestos today include cement, plastics and resins, textiles, products that involve heat, like hair dryers and irons, roofing and insulation, cement pipes, sheets, and floor tiles, gaskets and brake pads, and filters and filter paper. An interesting fact is that 70% of manufactured asbestos can be found in cement.

Symptoms of asbestos-related diseases can take 20-50 years to appear.

It can take years to begin feeling the symptoms of exposición al asbesto. Therefore, those that worked with the mineral long ago may just be starting to feel sick. What’s more, many people don’t think about asbestos illnesses being attributed to secondhand exposure, but families and children of people who worked around asbestos, including glaziers and other glassworkers, have developed asbestos-related illnesses as well. 

An article in The National Library of Medicine, states that “children who (i) lived with an industrial worker, (ii) near asbestos mining and manufacturing, or (iii) where asbestos containing products were used, may be vulnerable to secondhand asbestos exposure in such circumstances.” 

Asbestos can travel on work clothing into the home and in family vehicles, exposing spouses and children. Moreover, asbestos workers can easily transfer fibers from the workplace into their homes on their clothing, shoes and work pails as well as in the hair.

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Para Justinian C. Lane, obtener una indemnización por las víctimas del asbesto es algo personal.

Los abuelos de Justiniano y su padre trabajaron con asbesto en su juventud y murieron de cánceres relacionados con el asbesto en sus últimos años.  

En el momento de cada una de sus muertes, nadie en la familia de Justiniano sabía que eran elegibles para presentar una demanda por asbesto y buscar una compensación de los fideicomisos de asbesto.

Debido a que nadie en la familia de Justiniano conocía sus opciones, nunca recibieron compensación alguna por la muerte de sus seres queridos. 

Si cree que su lesión o la de su familiar estuvo relacionada con la exposición al asbesto, podría tener derecho a una compensación significativa.

Este es dinero que podría usar para cubrir los costos de los servicios de remoción de asbesto, pagar el tratamiento médico y proteger de manera preventiva su bienestar físico. 

También hay fideicomisos de asbesto que ofrecen compensación mucho más rápida y fácilmente (sin presentar una demanda).

Si desea ayuda para presentar un reclamo, ponerse en contacto por correo electrónico a [email protected]  o llámenos o envíenos un mensaje de texto al (833) 4-ASBESTOS (427-2378) o (206) 455-9190. Escucharemos su historia y le explicaremos sus opciones. Y nunca cobramos por nada a menos que reciba dinero en su bolsillo.

Además de demandas legales, discapacidad de veteranos, seguridad social y protección del empleo como compensación de trabajadores, FELA y La ley de Jones para los trabajadores marítimos, hay fideicomisos de asbesto que se han establecido para indemnizar a los perjudicados por el asbesto sin tener que presentar una demanda.

No hay riesgo ni costo para hablar con uno de nuestro personal sobre su litigio de asbesto. No hay cargos a menos que reciba dinero.

Si tiene preguntas o inquietudes adicionales relacionadas con el asbesto, visite nuestro sitio web y página de YouTube para ver videos, infografías y respuestas a sus preguntas sobre el asbesto, incluida la salud y la seguridad, prueba de asbesto, la eliminación del asbesto de su hogar y edificio, y información legal sobre la compensación por lesiones de asbesto.

Presentamos la base de datos de información sobre asbesto más grande del planeta.

W.A.R.D., que significa Worldwide Asbestos Research Database, ayuda a los clientes a reducir cuándo y dónde pueden haber estado expuestos, así como qué productos aún pueden contener asbesto.WARD también ayudará a indicar los tipos de compensación ya cuánto puede tener derecho una persona.