The way people end up developing mesothelioma is by being exposed to asbestos, usually on a regular and prolonged basis, in the workplace or at home. Many end up with drastically reduce life expectancies and suffer greatly due to the mesothelioma cancer that they are now fighting. For many, the only way to seek compensation […]

Since the late 1890s, asbestos has been known as a carcinogenic that brings about various health issues with every exposure. The worst thing with asbestos related complications is that they’re not immediate and take decades to develop. It can take 10-60 years to develop since the initial exposure. For workers exposed in the 60s to […]

When it comes to figuring out whether exposure to asbestos fibers causes cancer, different types of studies are usually carried out. In the first instance, people are studied where the rates of cancer are looked at in various groups. This compares the rate of cancer among the group exposed to asbestos and the rate of […]

The most common way that people suffer asbestos exposure is through their jobs. Some professions put workers in direct contact with asbestos materials and thus long-term exposure results in the development of mesothelioma. However, secondary exposure can also happen when family members are exposed to asbestos brought home on the clothes of family members. Many […]