How Do You Get Mesothelioma? What's the Risk?
How do you get Mesothelioma?
1. Most people with malignant mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they breathed asbestos.
2. Others have been exposed to asbestos in a household environment, often without knowing it.
Mesotheliomawe lists the follow risk zones...
Materials Containing Asbestos
Most insulation materials before the mid-1970s contained asbestos. Many other construction materials also contained asbestos. Some of the most common products were:
* Insulation on pipes
* Boiler insulation
* Insulating cements, plasters, and joint compounds that came in powder form and created a lot of dust before being completely mixed with water.
* Fireproofing spray
* Firebrick and gunnite used for internal insulation of furnaces, boilers, and other vessels
* Roof, floor, and ceiling tiles.
* Transite siding
* Brakes and clutches
Trades
The following tradesmen could have worked around asbestos:
* Insulators (also known as asbestos workers) who actually installed insulation
* Boilermakers who constructed boilers which were often several stories high and filled with insulation
* Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters who fitted and welded pipes together and often worked in small unventilated compartments in ships where large quantities of insulation were used
* Plasterers who worked with fireproofing spray on steel beams
* Shipyard workers and Navy personnel
* Electricians, mechanics
* Bricklayers; millwrights; carpenters; and other building trades workers
* Steel workers; refinery and other industrial workers;
* Maintenance workers; laborers; many others.
Sites
Industrial sites typically had the heaviest exposure. These include shipyards where ships were constructed or overhauled, power plants, refineries, paper mills, manufacturing plants, foundries, and construction sites.
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