The ADAO’s "7 Facts for 7 Days" campaign today shares: "Asbestos-caused diseases have a 10 – 50 year latency period from initial exposure to development of disease."
The long latency period (the time between the exposure to asbestos and disease progression) in asbestos disease has robbed many workers of their retirement years just as they began them. Some employers viewed this differently:
September 12, 1966
Mr. Noel Hendry
Canadian Johns Manville Co. Ltd
Asbestos, Quebec
CanadaJust to be sure you have a copy, an article that appeared in Chemical Week magazine is enclosed.
So that you’ll know that Asbestos is not the only contaminate a second article from O.P. & D Reporter assesses a share of the blame on trees.
My answer to the problem is: if you have enjoyed a good life while working with asbestos products why not die from it. There’s got to be some cause.
Director of Purchase
E.A. Martin
After so many years have passed, many do not immediately consider their past asbestos exposure when they receive a diagnosis. Especially if that diagnosis is not mesothelioma or asbestosis, but instead lung cancer or colo-rectal cancer.
While the mesothelioma and asbestosis are are linked directly to asbestos exposure, many attribute their lung cancer to smoking* or other factors. Even fewer are aware of the risks of colon, rectal and other gastrointenstinal cancers.
If you’re diagnosed with an asbestos-related cancer, consider your work history and any risk factors you have in your past. Tracking down names, dates, and location of past exposures can be difficult, so an asbestos lawyer with a large knowledgebase of job sites, products, and manufacturers, and make connecting the dots possible.
*NOTE: Smoking has a compounding effect on asbestos exposure. Smokers with a history of asbestos exposure are 5-9 times more likely to develop lung cancer than smokers alone. Even if you smoked, you may be entitled to compensation.