Mesothelioma Cancer

Asbestos is a natural substance. It is made of strong fibers flexible. It was largely in the industry, because the fibres by heat or chemicals, and a poor electricity. It is estimated that more than 5000 products that have asbestos, or have had, by her.

Of the six types of asbestos, only four commercially used. These are the chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite and anthrophyllite. These include white or crysotile asbestos used represents 99% in the USA. In this natural state, or well controlled and in the products that asbestos is not present no real danger. That is when the asbestos is broken, and the fibers are released, the man is afraid.

The asbestos fibers are very fine and precise. The fiber is 2000 times thinner than a human hair. It attaches to 0.3 micron, or a millionth of a millimeter in diameter and five micrometers long. It is not visible with the naked eye or through a microscope. In the case of an exemption, the fibers remain in the atmosphere for a long period of time and can be transported very far. If the fibers are inhaled, they are liable in the lungs and are not expelled by breathing or coughing. Some remain in the lungs, while others gravitate in the coating pleural mesothelioma.

Exposure to asbestos can cause diseases and develops over a long period of time. Diseases associated with asbestos, asbestosis, pleurales plates and lung cancer. The lung cancer can be either lung cancer or mesothelioma itself, a form of cancer in the mucosa of lung disease. These tumors may be between 20 and 50 years to develop. A new article published in a British newspaper said, the case of a consultant, the hospital developed mesothelioma. He can not remember the slightest exposure to asbestos. It is quite possible that it was accidentally asbestos without his knowledge-how life in the vicinity of a factory is asbestos fled, in the atmosphere.

Professor Peto has shown that the new cases of mesothelioma will continue to increase at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He also said: “Every person in the United Kingdom has asbestos in their lungs. It is the extent of exposure, which is important.”

We also know that the people in the history of asbestos exposure have a higher risk of lung cancer if they smoke. In a survey in the year 1992 2602 people with lung cancer. One person was asbestos on eight and one-third of the remaining smoke. A US study suggests that non-smokers, asbestos five times higher risk of lung cancer. If they smoked, the risk increased by a factor of 11 The smoking and asbestos exposure increases the risk of lung cancer to 52 times than in the general population.

Until today, no one knows how lung cancer by asbestos exposure because of the long latency period and remains that smoking is the main cause. It is, however, mesothelioma, caused by asbestos, which was the basis for many claims too much legal value.

As for the future, in the United States and Europe, the diseases associated with asbestos will gradually increase to a peak. Inquiétant However, in areas of conflict. In the Middle East, where a building was bombed, or if many buildings were bombed, during the invasion of Iraq, have we any idea of asbestos was discharged into the atmosphere?

However, we are sure that, while the 9 / 11 in the case of a disaster, the asbestos fibers were released. When the Twin Tower collapsed, there were 400 tonnes of asbestos in the structure. The toxic cloud that hung over Manhattan, the high level of asbestos. It is estimated that more than 100000 people have asbestos exposure. The largest exhibition was among the first speakers. Deborah Reeve was the first to die from diseases caused by asbestos after 9 / 11 He was one of the first speakers and paramedic. She died in March 2005, mesothelioma. That is because the experts mesothelioma takes a very long time to develop. They came to the conclusion that the exposure must have been suspended.

A study has shown that results of 70% for the restoration and rescue workers who were active during and after the collapse of World Trade Center had a certain kind of respiratory problem. A program of six years, followed by studies showed that respiratory disorders benefit from the same pain. “In the six years since the attacks,” Nadler said, “We have a mountain of evidence that thousands of people exposed to suffer chronic respiratory diseases, and more and more of a variety of rare cancers.”

Let us hope that the experts expect that in the coming years, diseases associated with asbestos and a peak should reduce new cases annually. If not, it might be a dragon sleeping on the point to awaken?