{"id":15133,"date":"2023-09-25T11:36:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/?page_id=15133"},"modified":"2023-10-09T17:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T23:46:25","slug":"second-hand-asbestos-exposure-a-hidden-danger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/second-hand-asbestos-exposure-a-hidden-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-hand Asbestos Exposure \u2013 A Hidden Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure: Testimonials from Children &amp; Spouses of Industrial Workers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W2G2qDiRJPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; 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src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dusty-Garage-image.jpg\" alt=\"Dusty Garage\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"p-0\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4 bg-grey text-center fwhite\"><b id=\"oneinfive\">1 in 5<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-4\" colspan=\"2\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fblack\"><span id=\"fdefault\">20 Percent<\/span> of asbestos disease cases are from <span id=\"fdefault\">exposici\u00f3n de segunda mano<\/span>. <sup>1<\/sup><\/h3> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-10-lp mt-4 mb-4\">\n    <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"vertical-center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n        <tr class=\"p-4\">\n            <td class=\"alert\"><b>!<\/b><\/td>\n            <td><h5 class=\"m-0\">Si cree que estuvo expuesto al asbesto, incluso cuando era ni\u00f1o, hable con un proveedor de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica sobre pruebas y ex\u00e1menes para ayudar a diagnosticar cicatrices pulmonares y detectar enfermedades relacionadas con <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-injuries\/\">enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto<\/a>.<\/h5><\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-2 vertical-center mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\" class=\"bg-default p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\">Las personas que trabajaron en estas industrias antes de mediados de la d\u00e9cada de 1980 tienen un mayor riesgo de desarrollar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-injuries\/\">enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto<\/a>:<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"text-center\">\n<td><b>Construcci\u00f3n<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>F\u00e1bricas<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Fundiciones<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Refiner\u00edas<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Astilleros<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Miner\u00eda \/ Molienda<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"text-center\">\n<td><b>Demolici\u00f3n<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Aislamiento<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Trabajadores del acero <\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Instalaci\u00f3n de tuber\u00edas<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Construcci\u00f3n naval<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Mec\u00e1nicos<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"text-center\">\n<td><b>Techumbre<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Textiles<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Trabajadores del hierro<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Calderas<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Extinci\u00f3n de incendios<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Reparaci\u00f3n de frenos<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"text-center\">\n<td><b>Piso<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Cemento<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Electricistas<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Reparaci\u00f3n de juntas<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Ferrocarril<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Climatizaci\u00f3n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\" class=\"bg-black p-4 text-center\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\">Desafortunadamente tambi\u00e9n lo hacen sus familias.<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-3 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"m-0 p-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-blog\/exposicion-al-asbesto-de-segunda-mano-y-ninos\/\">Second-hand Asbestos Exposure and Children<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FAMILY-IMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"Family\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"bg-default p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\"><span id=\"frose\">Families of asbestos workers<\/span> are at greater risk of asbestos illnesses like <span id=\"frose\">c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n<\/span>.<sup>2<\/sup> <sup>3<\/sup> <sup>4<\/sup> <sup>5<\/sup><\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-3 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"bg-black p-4 text-center\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\">What is second-hand asbestos exposure?<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Shh-Lips-Finger-Image.jpg\" alt=\"Shh Lips\/Finger\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td><p>For many decades, asbestos companies were not honest about the dangers of their products, and millions of industrial workers were exposed to asbestos without any protective gear, air cleaning equipment, filters or even masks to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbesto-sintomas-y-tratamiento\/lesiones-por-asbesto\/datos-de-enfermedades-relacionadas-con-el-asbesto\/\">asbestos diseases<\/a> como el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbesto-sintomas-y-tratamiento\/lesiones-por-asbesto\/lesiones-malignas\/\">c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbesto-sintomas-y-tratamiento\/lesiones-por-asbesto\/lesiones-no-malignas\/\">asbestosis<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbesto-mesotelioma-reclamaciones\/reclamaciones-de-cancer-de-mesotelioma\/\">mesotelioma<\/a>.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Industrial-Worker-in-Dirty-Work-Clothes-Image.jpg\" alt=\"Industrial Worker in Dirty Work Clothes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td><p>So those workers often had asbestos dust on their work clothes, shoes and tools, and brought this asbestos with them into family vehicles and homes. As such, those primarily exposed to asbestos can become sources of secondary exposure to asbestos.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dad-coming-home-from-work.jpg\" alt=\"Dad coming home\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td><p>Family members \u2013 including children \u2013 not only came into regular contact with them before the asbestos-contaminated clothing and dust was removed and washed. \n<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Vintage-Family-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage Family\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td><p>Spouses and children also spent time in vehicles and enclosed spaces like garages and laundry rooms, and in many cases even participated in washing the asbestos-covered clothing.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/X-Ray-Image.jpg\" alt=\"X-Ray\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestos.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/29\/secondary-exposure-in-children-of-asbestos-workers-pt-1\/\">Children are perhaps more vulnerable<\/a> than adults to be affected by Second-hand asbestos exposure. They also have more life ahead  than their elders, and face a higher risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbesto-sintomas-y-tratamiento\/lesiones-por-asbesto\/\">enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto<\/a> because of latency factor and dose response.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-4 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"m-0 p-4 fblack\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-blog\/puede-ser-peligrosa-la-exposicion-ocasional-menor-al-asbesto-de-segunda-mano\/\">Can Minor Occasional Second-hand Asbestos Exposure be Dangerous?<\/a> (Unfortunately, yes.)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/X-Ray-Image.jpg\" alt=\"X-RAY\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 mb-3 fblack\">\u201cLa evidencia general sugiere que no existe un nivel seguro de exposici\u00f3n al asbesto\u201d. <span id=\"fdefault\">no hay nivel seguro<\/span> de <span id=\"fdefault\">exposici\u00f3n al asbesto<\/span>.\" <\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-right\">Fuente: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/about-cancer\/causes-prevention\/risk\/substances\/asbestos\/asbestos-fact-sheet\">Instituto Nacional del C\u00e1ncer<\/a> (NIH)<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-5 mb-4 tbfixed\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"bg-default p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\">Did you know?<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><p>Asbestos was the first substance regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).<\/p><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"logo-osha\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/OSHA-LOGO-STOCK-PHOTO.jpg\" alt=\"OSHA LOGO\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ASBESTOS-ROCKS-AU-NATURAL-1.jpg\" alt=\"ASBESTOS ROCKS AU NATURAL\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><p>Asbestos is an industrial name for a group of minerals that are made of tiny, strong fibers that resist heat, fire, rust, chemicals, and electricity.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><p>Asbestos has no taste or smell, so you may not know if you\u2019re breathing it.<\/p><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AIRBORNE-ASBESTOS-DUST.jpg\" alt=\"AIRBORNE ASBESTOS DUST\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/TIME-IMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"TIME\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><p>Most asbestos diseases do not appear until 20 years after exposure, and up to 40 or 50 years later.<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><p>Family members with second-hand exposure to a worker\u2019s asbestos qualify for money from multiple asbestos trusts, <u>even if they weren\u2019t employees<\/u>.<\/p><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DOLLAR-IMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"$\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-6 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-center p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fitalic\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-blog\/puede-alguien-demandar-por-exposicion-al-asbesto-de-segunda-mano\/\">Can someone sue for second-hand asbestos exposure?<\/a><\/h3><p>(Yes, but they also can receive compensation <b>sin un juicio<\/b>.)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MONEY-IMAGE-1.jpg\" alt=\"Money\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><h3 class=\"m-0 fblack mb-4\">There is compensation for second-hand asbestos exposure.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/fideicomisos-de-asbesto-2\/que-son-los-fideicomisos-de-asbesto\/\">What are Asbestos Trusts?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-blog\/cual-es-la-forma-mas-facil-de-obtener-una-compensacion-por-asbesto\/\">\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la Forma M\u00e1s F\u00e1cil De Obtener una Compensaci\u00f3n por Asbesto?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-blog\/que-reclamo-asbesto-obtiene-resultados-rapidos\/\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 Reclamo de Asbesto Obtiene los Resultados M\u00e1s R\u00e1pidos?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-7 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-center p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fblack\"><a href=\"\">In 2018, the US Supreme Court stated that second-hand asbestos health damage is real.<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-0\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4 bg-grey fwhite\">\n<p><b>\u201cIt has been repeatedly and consistently demonstrated in the medical and scientific literature that <span id=\"fred\">family members exposed to asbestos dust from laundering a worker\u2019s clothing have a significantly increased risk of developing mesothelioma<\/span>.\" <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>-U.S. Supreme Court, 2018.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;font-style:italic\">Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries<\/span>, 139 S. Ct. 986, 586 U.S., 203 L. Ed. 2d 373 (2019).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-4\">In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that since 1960, the health researchers had proven conclusively that people living with someone exposed to asbestos at work \u2013 despite never working around asbestos \u2013 were at a higher risk of asbestos related diseases and cancer like mesothelioma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-8 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"p-4 text-center\"><h3 class=\"m-0\">Get the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/centro-de-aprendizaje\/asbestos-101\/\">facts<\/a>.<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-2\">\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Up8Bgk7LyqE?si=UuGPwNnHqqR2yMs9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"p-2\">\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5E7kfqodnC4?si=7fyd-9TTHRLaT8ab\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"p-2\">\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uU6dvKCVA3M?si=o14_K-3FiTee25Sa\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-2\">\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jFcoXlTXG7M?si=bdzzDGUvUANMyHu7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"p-2\">\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdDjdVqwRDw?si=HV48W-XnAKAwkskK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"p-2\">\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVHqpjp-IaM?si=ELivF_AinhF5e5F4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading m-0 mb-3\" id=\"h-second-hand-asbestos-exposure-is-asbestos-exposure\">Second-hand asbestos exposure is asbestos exposure.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Families of asbestos workers were often exposed to asbestos dust on work clothing. They are at an elevated risk of asbestos health damage.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>El asbesto es muy polvoriento. Tambi\u00e9n es microsc\u00f3pico y sus diminutas fibras afiladas se adhieren a casi cualquier cosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muchos trabajadores industriales trajeron asbesto a casa en su ropa de trabajo, exponiendo a cualquiera que los lavara o entrara en contacto con ellos al compartir un garaje, ba\u00f1o, casa o veh\u00edculo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asbestos may look like dust, but even small amounts in the air \u2013 impossible to see \u2013 embed in the lungs and bodily tissue, and over many decades cause health damage including difficulty breathing, and even cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-asbestos-fibers-can-be-microscopic-and-have-no-taste-or-smell-so-you-may-not-know-when-you-are-breathing-them\">Asbestos fibers can be microscopic, and have no taste or smell, so you may not know when you are breathing them.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>De hecho, un estudio de toxicolog\u00eda encontr\u00f3 que lavar ropa con polvo de asbesto puede exponer a una persona a casi la mitad del polvo que un trabajador que corta una tuber\u00eda de asbesto con una sierra abrasiva. <sup>7<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who experience second-hand asbestos exposure (\u2018take home\u2019 exposure) can develop symptoms of asbestos-related disease at a higher rate than people who were never exposed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-9 mt-4 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-center p-4 bg-default\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\">Compartir una casa o un veh\u00edculo con alguien que usa ropa contaminada con asbesto lo pone en riesgo de contraer enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto.3 <sup>8<\/sup><\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-12 mt-4 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class\"p-4\">\n<p class=\"fsmall m-0 text-center\"><b>Watch our<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"m-0 fblack text-center\">Asbestos Exposed<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fsmall mt-2 text-center\"><b>Video Series<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-2\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qjaD8vru7zY?si=HBx8tON_WQCWr6EA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-2\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DGYUUbqEcXA?si=rZOzRoltAnGyV7tO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<td class=\"p-2\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRk-VJQnzt0?si=ZeTMzAFA_YrkK4oO\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-almost-a-century-the-asbestos-industry-hid-what-it-knew-about-the-dangers-of-asbestos-from-workers-and-their-families\">For almost a century, the asbestos industry hid what it knew about the dangers of asbestos from workers and their families.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The asbestos industry had research as early as the 1930s that asbestos causes cancer. Rather than publish it, alert the public or study it further &#8211; they buried the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-10 mt-4 mb-4\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"text-center p-4 bg-default\"><h3 class=\"m-0 fwhite\">Health Research on Second-Hand Exposure<\/h3><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\"><h3 class=\"m-0 mb-4 fblack\">Studies showing the elevated risks of asbestos diseases for families of industrial workers:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">Tompa E, Kalcevich C, McLeod C, Lebeau M, Song C, McLeod K, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=The+economic+burden+of+lung+cancer+and+mesothelioma+due+to+occupational+and+para-occupational+asbestos+exposure.&#038;oq=The+economic+burden+of+lung+cancer+and+mesothelioma+due+to+occupational+and+para-occupational+asbestos+exposure.&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.439j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8#:~:text=%5BPDF%5D%20The%20economic,paper%20%E2%80%BA%20The%2Deconomic%2D...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure<\/a>Ocupar Medio Ambiente 2017; 74: 816-22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">Goswami, E., Craven, V., Dahlstrom, D.L., Alexander, D. and Mowat, F., 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/10\/11\/5629\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domestic asbestos exposure: a review of epidemiologic and exposure data<\/a>. International journal of environmental research and public health, 10(11), pp.5629-5670.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3499908\/\"> target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;>The health impact of nonoccupational exposure to asbestos: what do we know?<\/a>, Goldberg M, Luce D., Eur J Cancer Prev. 2009 Nov;18(6):489-503. doi: 10.1097\/CEJ.0b013e32832f9bee. PMID: 19617842; PMCID: PMC3499908.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">\u0130\u015ften, B.H.S.T.O. and Maruziyetler, E.T., 2021. Exposures Moved from Work to Home as a Public Health Hazard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">Ferrante, D., Bertolotti, M., Todesco, A., Mirabelli, D., Terracini, B. and Magnani, C., 2007. <a href=\"https:\/\/ehp.niehs.nih.gov\/doi\/pdf\/10.1289\/ehp.10195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancer mortality and incidence of mesothelioma in a cohort of wives of asbestos workers in Casale Monferrato, Italy<\/a>. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(10), pp.1401-1405.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">Reid, A., Heyworth, J., De Klerk, N. and Musk, A.W., 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/download?doi=10.1.1.892.6067&#038;rep=rep1&#038;type=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The mortality of women exposed environmentally and domestically to blue asbestos at Wittenoom, Western Australia<\/a>. Occupational and environmental medicine, 65(11), pp.743-749.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">Miller, A., 2005. Mesothelioma in household members of asbestos\u2010exposed workers: 32 United States cases since 1990. American journal of industrial medicine, 47(5), pp.458-462.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fsmall\">Abelmann, A., Maskrey, J.R., Lotter, J.T., Chapman, A.M., Nembhard, M.D., Pierce, J.S., Wilmoth, J.M., Lee, R.J. and Paustenbach, D.J., 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/08958378.2017.1418940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evaluaci\u00f3n de la exposici\u00f3n al asbesto en el hogar por manipulaci\u00f3n ropa de trabajo contaminada con asbesto despu\u00e9s del aserrado abrasivo de tuber\u00eda de cemento<\/a>. Inhalation Toxicology, 29(12-14), pp.555-566<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"tb nw-section-11 mb-4 bg-black\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"p-4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Logo-Asbestos-Claims-I.svg\" id=\"logo-footer\" alt=\"Asbestos Claims Law\" height=\"auto\"\/>\n<p class=\"fwhite\">AsbestosClaims.Law has helped thousands of clients receive compensation for health damage from asbestos exposure. Billions of dollars are held in compensation trust accounts, and many people qualify for money without having to file a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"m-0 mt-2 mb-2 fwhite\">Haga su reclamo.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">1.- Tompa E, Kalcevich C, McLeod C, Lebeau M, Song C, McLeod K, et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=The+economic+burden+of+lung+cancer+and+mesothelioma+due+to+occupational+and+para-occupational+asbestos+exposure.&amp;oq=The+economic+burden+of+lung+cancer+and+mesothelioma+due+to+occupational+and+para-occupational+asbestos+exposure.&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.439j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#:~:text=%5BPDF%5D%20The%20economic,paper%20%E2%80%BA%20The%2Deconomic%2D...\">La carga econ\u00f3mica del c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n y el mesotelioma debido a la exposici\u00f3n ocupacional y paraocupacional al asbesto.<\/a> Occup Environ Med 2017; 74: 816-22..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">2.- Ferrante, D., Bertolotti, M., Todesco, A., Mirabelli, D., Terracini, B. and Magnani, C., 2007. <a href=\"https:\/\/ehp.niehs.nih.gov\/doi\/pdf\/10.1289\/ehp.10195\">Cancer mortality and incidence of mesothelioma in a cohort of wives of asbestos workers in Casale Monferrato, Italy<\/a>. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(10), pp.1401-1405.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">3.- Miller, A., 2005. Mesothelioma in household members of asbestos\u2010exposed workers: 32 United States cases since 1990. <em>American journal of industrial medicine<\/em>, <em>47<\/em>(5), pp.458-462.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">4.- Reid, A., Heyworth, J., De Klerk, N. and Musk, A.W., 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu\/viewdoc\/download?doi=10.1.1.892.6067&amp;rep=rep1&amp;type=pdf\">The mortality of women exposed environmentally and domestically to blue asbestos at Wittenoom, Western Australia<\/a>. <em>Occupational and environmental medicine<\/em>, <em>65<\/em>(11), pp.743-749.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">5.- \u0130\u015ften, B.H.S.T.O. and Maruziyetler, E.T., 2021. Exposures Moved from Work to Home as a Public Health Hazard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">6.- National Cancer Institute (NIH), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/about-cancer\/causes-prevention\/risk\/substances\/asbestos\/asbestos-fact-sheet\">Hoja informativa sobre el asbesto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">7.- Abelmann, A., Maskrey, J.R., Lotter, J.T., Chapman, A.M., Nembhard, M.D., Pierce, J.S., Wilmoth, J.M., Lee, R.J. and Paustenbach, D.J., 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/08958378.2017.1418940\">Evaluaci\u00f3n de la exposici\u00f3n al asbesto en el hogar por manipulaci\u00f3n ropa de trabajo contaminada con asbesto despu\u00e9s del aserrado abrasivo de tuber\u00eda de cemento<\/a>. <em>Inhalation Toxicology<\/em>, <em>29<\/em>(12-14), pp.555-566.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-1-5 mb-0\">8.- Anua, S.M., Semple, S., Shakri, S.F.M., Safuan, S., Mazlan, N. and Asri, A.A.M., 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/A-review-of-the-take-home-exposure-pathway-of-Anua-Semple\/1ea8e61e250d40647b458ed2f4f91e375021613e#:~:text=Expand-,View%20PDF,-Save%20to%20Library\">A review of the take-home exposure pathway of workplace hazards<\/a>. <em>International Journal of Medical Toxicology &amp; Legal Medicine<\/em>, <em>22<\/em>(3and4), pp.13-19. s<\/p>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 in 5 20 Percent of asbestos disease cases are from second-hand asbestos exposure. 1 ! 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