Fuentes de exposición al asbesto / Productos de Asbestos

Exposure to El asbesto by Products Made With El asbesto

Thousands of industrial and household productos were manufactured with asbesto.

El asbesto is extremely durable.

The ancient Greeks named this silicate mineral asbesto, meaning ‘indestructible.’

El asbesto is cheap and plentiful, and its durability and resistant properties make it useful for manufacturing.

El asbesto was mixed with many different construction and manufacturing materials to make them more resistant to fire, friction, corrosion, electricity, pressure and sound.

El asbesto fibers were mixed into many other building materials, including:

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

Many people were exposed to productos de asbestos before they were banned.

In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its intention to ban all productos de asbestos.

But under pressure by the industry, the EPA did not ultimately impose a total ban. Unlike many other countries, the US has never completely banned asbesto o productos that contain asbesto.

But the US has banned many productos made of or containing asbesto. They include:

Fuente: Agencia de Protección Ambiental de EEUU²

Muchos productos productos de asbestos remain in buildings and households.

• The bulk of asbesto was used in construction materials to fireproof and strengthen buildings.
  Many older buildings still contain asbesto in the concrete, floor tiles and roof shingles.
• Even asbesto removal often releases harmful asbesto fibers into the air.
  Many workers involved in construction, demolition and renovation have been exposed to productos de asbestos used in older building materials.
• For this reason, workers should always wear proper protective clothing before trying to remove asbesto.
  Employees who worked with or removed asbesto but were not provided with proper protection may have legal claims for their asbesto-related injuries.

Why were so many productos made with asbesto?

El asbesto was widely used for its durability.

El asbesto is a mineral that appears naturally in the ground. El asbesto is plentiful, and cheap to mine from the earth.

El asbesto manufacturers called their product the ‘magic mineral’ because of its unique properties:

• Altamente resistente al calor.
  El asbesto can be mixed with other materials to make them fireproof. It is also used in materials like vehicle brakes that produce a lot of friction.
• Resistente a ácidos y álcalis
  El asbesto helps to prevent corrosion, and was used in gaskets and refineries.
• Sound absorbent
  El asbesto absorbs sound waves and was used in construction as a sound insulator on ships and in buildings.
• Ligero
  Despite its steel-like strength and durability, asbesto is very lightweight and has been used for machine parts in racing vehicles and even airplanes.
• Insoluble en agua
  El asbesto does not dissolve in water, so it was used on ships, and even on some of the earliest steam engines.
• Aislante
  El asbesto is not very conductive of electricity, so it was used to house electrical components.
• Fibroso y fuerte
  El asbesto can be woven into cloth and used as insulation for heating, plumbing and electrical wiring. It can also be sprayed on productos to insulate.

Types of Productos de Asbestos

Herramientas y materiales de construcción

Because of its strength and resistant properties, asbesto was especially used in tools and machinery at worksites like:

Fábricas Astilleros

Fundiciones Refinerías

Many work sites regularly exposed workers to asbesto inhalation, including many employees whose jobs did not directly involve asbesto.

Vehículos

El asbesto was used in all types of vehicles, including:

El asbesto was used in the manufacture of many automobile parts, especially those which were exposed to heat. This includes clutches, brakes, gaskets, insulation, hood liners, and auto-body parts.

Because asbesto was used in brakes and brake linings, the heat and pressure of automobile braking can release harmful asbesto dust into the air. People who work on cars or are regularly exposed to automobile exhaust may have inhaled asbesto dust.

Workers are at risk of exposure to asbesto if they were
empleados en:

• Ensamblaje de vehículos
• Reparación de vehículos
• Paradas de camiones
• Transporte
• Suministro automotriz
• Cabinas de peaje / Drive-Thru

Fuerzas Armadas de EE. UU.

El asbesto was used by the U.S. Armed Forces to fireproof all types of vehicles, housing and even military uniforms.

U.S. Navy boats were built with asbesto in their walls and machinery. In fact, asbesto still lingers in many of the more confined spaces within Navy boats.

Hundreds of thousands of veterans were exposed to asbesto fibers during their ordinary course of duty.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, or V.A., frequently compensates veterans and their loved ones for asbesto-related illnesses which occurred or were made worse during service.

Learn more about exposure to asbesto in U.S. military service.

• Estufas
• Cafeteras
• Lavaplatos
• Tostadoras
• Secadoras de ropa
• Secadoras de pelo*

• Plancha y tablas de planchar
• Mantas eléctricas
• Paper Products
• Tela
• Textiles
• Aislamiento

*Many older industrial and consumer hair dryers are made with asbesto and can blow fibers into someone’s face and present a risk of cancer.³

Financial Compensation for People Injured by El asbesto La exposición

Millions of workers and their families were exposed to asbesto because the asbesto industry hid the dangers of its product.

Courts ordered that billions of insurance dollars be placed in trusts to compensate people with asbesto-related illnesses.

Pero casi el 40% de los fondos aún no han sido reclamados por las personas a las que están destinados a ayudar.

Justinian significa justicia

We have helped thousands of people receive compensation for health issues that they developed from asbesto exposure.

If you have symptoms of asbesto-related illness, speak to a healthcare professional.

If you may have worked with asbesto, contact us and we can check your worksite or the productos you worked with on our database.

The American Lung Association says that asbesto fibers “can remain in place for a very long time and may never be removed”. Most of the harmful impacts of asbesto will not be seen immediately. They often develop years after exposure occurs.⁴

El asbesto can cause these health problems even if your asbesto exposure took place forty or fifty years ago. Symptoms can take decades to appear.

Some of our clients were exposed to asbesto as young workers, and only developed asbesto-related illnesses forty or fifty years later.

Applying for asbesto trust fund compensation is not getting into a fight.

Este dinero se reservó en una cuenta fiduciaria para los heridos.

Applying for a payment from these trusts is not affecting any company or coming out of anyone’s pocket. This is insurance money specifically to help people hurt by asbesto.

The court ordered the funds because the asbesto industry could no longer hide its secret: asbesto is very dangerous to breathe.

Justinian C. Lane, Esq.

Mi abuelo, abuela y padre were all exposed to asbesto in their work, Y los tres murieron de cánceres respiratorios.

I found out too late about the health effects of asbesto to help them.

But my firm has helped many other people receive compensation for health problems they developed from exposure to asbesto.

Llámenos, envíenos un mensaje de texto o envíenos un correo electrónico para una consulta completamente gratuita y sin compromiso. Escucharé los detalles de tu historia y explicaré tus opciones. Trabajamos en caso de contingencia, lo que significa que solo nos pagan si usted lo hace.

Every case is different, but the Law Offices of Justinian C. Lane, Esq. – PLLC has obtained large settlements for thousands of people harmed by asbesto. This compensation has helped ease our clients’ financial burdens, and offers a legacy to leave for their loved ones.

1 Ambiental asbesto exposure and risk of mesothelioma, Curtis W. Noonan, Annals of Translational Medicine (2017) (Quoting El asbesto is still with us: Repeat call for a universal ban, Collegium Ramazzini, American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2010).)
2 Banned Uses of El asbesto, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
3 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Preuss-3/publication/226179097_CRITIQUE Consumer_product_safety_Risk_assessment_of_exposure_to_asbestos_emissions_from_hand-held_hair_dryers/links/5761627a08ae2b8d20ed576b/CRITIQUE-Consumer-product-safety-Risk-assessment-of-exposure-to-asbesto-emissions-from-hand-held-hair-dryers.pdf
4 La Asociación Americana del Pulmón, Clean Air, El asbesto.