Almost all cases of mesothelioma patients have been recorded with some kind of connection with asbestos although there are also some cases without indications leading to exposures of the patients to asbestos particles. With these cases, reasons such as intrapleural throium dioxide, inhaling erionite and irradiation are speculated as the culprit.
Asbestos is employed in processing a huge number of items including, textiles, roofing material, cement, brake linings, flooring items, insulation and others. In the manufacturing process of these products, small particles of asbestos are emitted thru air and those who are in the surrounding areas inhale them. Unlike any other substances that we inhale accidentally, asbestos is fatal and can have life threatening affects like mesothelioma. Not only mesothelioma but also other diseases such as lung cancer, asbestosis, and larynx and kidney cancers form part the list of asbestos related diseases.
In addition, when an individual is a heavy smoker, it may increase the probability of acquiring mesothelioma. In the past, some of the brands of cigarettes have used asbestos substances for manufacturing their filters and people who smoked them were found to have been afflicted with mesothelioma through the cigarette filters. However this old process is no longer used and thus it is not related with such incidents. Aside from this, a virus called simian has been reported to have some connection with mesothelioma cancers.
In the past days, many cases of mesothelioma have been recorded in USA among workers assigned in asbestos related factories. Those working in shipyards have been reported to have mesothelioma at a significant level as early as 1940s. But today, the US government has imposed laws to keep working places free from asbestos and the place complies the safety levels. The British government too has activated laws to safeguard employees in asbestos related manufacturing sites.
Nevertheless, there are still countries without laws to safeguard workers in such places and many mesothelioma cases have been reported yearly owing to negligence of the concerned entities of this dreadful subject.
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