A tragic story - mesothelioma and asbestos Cancer

Many experts cancer asbestos, prosecutors and persons suffering from Mesothelioma see asbestos in a material developed and used only in the 19th century. In fact, asbestos was first discovered and named by the ancient Greeks. In this article, we examine the facts of the use of asbestos through the ages. We will see what was known about the dangers of asbestos, and cancer when the mesothelioma and asbestosis began to be recognized as a tragic disease that they are known to be today.

Asbestos and mesothelioma: from antiquity to the 21st century

In ancient Rome, the asbestos fibers have been used for flame retardant clothing. In Greece, the fibres were used to make other textiles. In Persia, the clothes were appreciated for their ability to be cleaned above a fire, rather than with water. In China, Marco Polo described the similar elements which have been "washed" by dropped in flames. Asbestos could not be made for these garments. After the fall of the Roman Empire and the gradual disappearance of the great empires of the East, the use of asbestos seemed to stop.

As of 1860, asbestos had appeared again across the United States and the Canada, mainly used as insulation in buildings. In 1879, the first commercial asbestos mine appears in the Canada, just outside Quebec. At the turn of the century, use of asbestos was much more common: acid-resistant flame retardant, concrete, flooring, roofing, flooring and furniture lawn all had asbestos components.

With the rise of the use of asbestos was the first death recorded by asbestos mesothelioma cancer. In 1906, a minor asbestos died of asbestos cancer, but his cause of death was not established until later. However, other instances of mesothelioma - still diagnosed an unknown lung disorder - were observed throughout the beginning of the 20th century, particularly in the mining towns of asbestos.

Libby, Montana is a mining town modern example contaminated by asbestos. The EPA has tried to clean up Libby since 10 years, but 200 people have died so far of exposure to asbestos, with more than 1,000 sickened. The city has been contaminated by a nearby vermiculite mine, its residents threatened by produced waste and discarded materials from mining operations.

The town of Libby was struck by the contamination with asbestos despite the modern interventions. In the early days, before of Mesothelioma has been recognized or considered asbestos poisoning, cities have been even more spectacular affected. Even today, when the dangers of asbestos and its links with mesothelioma, are clear, negligence of the company still unpunished. The company responsible for the contaminated mine Libby was recently acquitted in a trial centered around death in the city. The mining company will face no penalty, despite hundreds of asbestos poisoning dead and thousands of diseases related to asbestos in Libby.

The first diagnosis of Cancer of asbestos, asbestosis and mesothelioma

In 1924, a doctor in England recognized the pattern of the disease and made the first diagnosis of asbestos cancer. At the time, it was called asbestosis and the existence of mesothelioma remained unknown. Nevertheless, the initial diagnosis has created a wave of legislation on the management of asbestos - at least in England. The United Kingdom began to regulate the ventilation and established as a "work excusable related disease" asbestosis in the 1930s. The United States did not take the same measures up to 10 years later.

Around 1930, the medical community began studying mesothelioma, at the time a new disease with strange symptoms and very little information. They could only observe the symptoms: coughing, shortness of breath, pain in chest/lung generalized. Mesothelioma is not linked to asbestos, or suggested that cancer asbestos until 1940.

What are companies on the dangers of asbestos exposure?

The basis of legislation of mesothelioma cancer and asbestos is that several asbestos companies knew that the material was dangerous, but did not protect workers and the clients of these known hazards. The court documents showed that companies have begun to learn about the health hazards related asbestos as early 1930, but despite this knowledge, they did nothing to ensure the safety of workers or consumers. Instead, they allowed asbestos use grow even while diagnosis of mesothelioma cancer and asbestos grows thus.

Although that limited through legal action, the Environmental Protection Agency has published a rule in 1989 that allows only traces of asbestos to appear in modern construction materials. Even if persistent contamination by asbestos remains and threatens to citizens, the modern world now recognizes the dangers of asbestos and is no longer used as raw material.

Natural asbestos hazards

Although exposure to asbestos occurs commonly by contact with asbestos or asbestos mines, there are also far too many asbestos so-called "occurrences" throughout the United States. These sites are not routinely monitored by the EPA, not much has been done to clean them or to protect the surrounding communities.

An "event" asbestos is defined as a place where asbestos has been found, but not exploited or prospecting for the mining industry. These veins of asbestos can be quite profound asbestos dust if misleading student in the air, making the name "occurrences" - they are more like "risks". There are 205 such occurrences documented throughout the eastern part of the United States, and most of them have been discovered by anecdotal rather than active investigations. The Government has helped to clean the commercial use of asbestos, but they have nothing to control the hazards of exposure to the evidence in its natural state. Even when not made or ground, asbestos and its fibers can cause mesothelioma, asbestos cancer, asbestos poisoning and all other atrocious conditions that can result from disease.

The mesothelioma and Cancer of asbestos today

Although asbestos was regulated for 20 years, prosecution of mesothelioma are still be filed today because of the long period of incubation of the disease. Cancer requires often 20 to 50 years between exposure and the manifestation of symptoms, which means that many workers who handled asbestos during the height of its use only beginning to show symptoms. Unfortunately, the number of prosecutions is only expected to increase. Asbestos cancer is tragic, was tragic history. But today, we can fight against corporations which do not have to protect us and we can know that the world is safer for our children.

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