Understanding Secondary Asbestos Exposure

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What is Secondary Asbestos Exposure? Primary asbestos exposure happens when someone works with or around asbestos. This is also called Occupational Exposure. Second-hand asbestos exposure happens when a person with primary exposure accidentally carries asbestos fibers on their work clothes, hair, skin or tools into the household or family vehicle, exposing others. 1 in 5 cases of asbestos diseases were caused by second-hand asbestos exposure.1

Many asbestos illnesses are life threatening. Don’t wait to find out if you may have damage to your lungs and respiratory system. If you have already developed health problems, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. We work entirely on a contingency basis. Unless you receive compensation for your injuries, there is no fee. Contact us to learn more. AsbestosClaims.Law (206) 455-9190 Contact us Which Asbestos Claim Gets the Fastest Results?

Three reasons why people don’t realize they were exposed to asbestos as children: Asbestos has no taste or smell. Asbestos fibers are tiny, and many are invisible without an electronic microscope. Asbestos disease usually takes at least 20 years to appear, and can take as long as 50 years. Cigarette smokers wrongly assume asbestos had nothing to do with their lung cancer. Smokers are 10 times more likely to develop lung cancer.2 Smokers with asbestos exposure are 50 times as likely.3

What are asbestos trusts?

Did your parent or family member work in these industries before the mid-1980s? Construction Factories Foundries Refineries Shipyards Mining / Milling Demolition Insulation Steelworkers Pipe Fitting Shipbuilding Mechanics Roofing Textiles Iron workers Boilers Firefighting Brake Repair Flooring Cement Electricians Gasket Repair Railroad HVAC Learn more about second-hand asbestos exposure.

Did you wash your spouse’s work clothing before the mid-1980s? Have you had your X-ray examined for asbestos scarring? A radiologist must be certified as a B-Reader in order to determine that a chest X-ray shows asbestos damage.

Can Minor Occasional Second-hand Asbestos Exposure be Dangerous?

Did you know?

• People with second-hand asbestos exposure can recover money from asbestos compensation trusts, without filing a lawsuit.

• One in five women with mesothelioma were homemakers who never spent time in an industrial worksite.

• In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that second-hand asbestos exposure is a real problem and people injured by it can recover money from the asbestos industry?

“It has been repeatedly and consistently demonstrated in the medical and scientific literature that family members exposed to asbestos dust from laundering a worker’s clothing have a significantly increased risk of developing mesothelioma.” -U.S. Supreme Court, 2018. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 139 S. Ct. 986, 586 U.S., 203 L. Ed. 2d 373 (2019).

What exactly is Asbestos and why is it dangerous? Asbestos is a mineral, a rock that comes from the ground. Asbestos was used in thousands of products, buildings and vehicles because of its durability. Ἄσβεστος The word asbestos means indestructible. The ancient Greeks gave asbestos its name, because it does not easily: Burn Melt Corrode/Rust Dissolve Evaporate Asbestos also resists ELECTRICITY and SOUND, and is used as an insulator for heat, wire, and acoustics. For many years, asbestos sound-proofing was used in some recording studios.

Asbestos can be easily crumbled into fibers. Asbestos fibers can be… woven into a fireproof fabric sprayed on walls or products mixed with other materials …making them more resistant to heat, flame, sound, acids, electricity and corrosion. The European Emperor Charlemagne was said to have had an asbestos tablecloth. After a meal, he’d impress his guests by throwing it into the fire. When it was removed, it would be glistening and clean..

Can You Wash Clothes That Have Been Exposed To Asbestos?

Spouses and others in the vehicle or household were exposed. Anyone who cleaned asbestos-tainted clothes is at the greatest risk.

How long do asbestos diseases take to appear? Asbestos fibers can become embedded in your lungs, stomach or other parts of your body. Asbestos fibers are durable, and over time they cause damage and scarring that leads to asbestos-related illnesses, including cancer.

Studies show there is no safe level of asbestos exposure, and people have developed asbestos-related illnesses 40, 50 or in some cases even 70 years after they were first exposed.45

If you believe you have been exposed to asbestos in the past, or if you have symptoms of an asbestos-related illness, contact a healthcare professional.

Treating asbestos-related illnesses can involve expensive hospital bills and medications, as well as lost wages and limitations in your lifestyle. But compensation is available for spouses, household members and others with illnesses affected by their secondary exposure to asbestos. Speak to an experienced asbestos attorney to understand your options.

1.- Tompa E, Kalcevich C, McLeod C, Lebeau M, Song C, McLeod K, et al. The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure. Occup Environ Med 2017; 74: 816-22.

2.- Klebe, S., Leigh, J., Henderson, D.W. and Nurminen, M., 2020. Asbestos, smoking and lung cancer: an update. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(1), p.258

3.- Klebe, S., Leigh, J., Henderson, D.W. and Nurminen, M., 2020. Asbestos, smoking and lung cancer: an update. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(1), p.258

4.- Lanphear, B.P. and Buncher, C.R., 1992. Latent period for malignant mesothelioma of occupational origin. JOM, 34(7), pp.718-721.

5.- Pierce, J.S., McKinley, M.A., Paustenbach, D.J. and Finley, B.L., 2008. An evaluation of reported no-effect chrysotile asbestos exposures for lung cancer and mesothelioma. Critical Reviews in toxicology, 38(3), pp.191-214.

6.- Tompa E, Kalcevich C, McLeod C, Lebeau M, Song C, McLeod K, et al. The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure. Occup Environ Med 2017; 74: 816-22.

7.- Take-Home Toxin: Following Kesner’s Lead and Creating a Consistent Framework for Determining Duty toward Victims of Secondary Asbestos Exposure, Kelly, B., 2017., Md. L. Rev., 77, p.1166. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations put companies on notice about dangers of asbestos.