Mesothelioma Cancer

Mesothelioma- the Financial Costs to Society

Much has been written about asbestos related diseases such as Mesothelioma over the last couple of years. The focus has been on three main areas:

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a) The unfortunate victims of mesothelioma such as former employees of asbestos mining companies who caught these diseases whilst in the course of their employment. We have seen the heart rendering images on TV of these people, all of them in their retirement years, gasping for air and suffering enormously.

b) Whether the asbestos mining companies knew that asbestos mining was a danger to human life.

c) The Multibillion dollar class actions filed by the victims against their former employers seeking compensation.

Two issues that have not been addressed are the financial costs to society of asbestos related diseases such as Mesothelioma cancer and who pays for these costs. Secondly, should asbestos mining companies be paying compensation not only to the sufferers of mesothelioma and other diseases but also to Society also?

There are two costs to society that can be identified. The first is the cost to the public health system. The second cost is the loss of tax revenue by governments due to Asbestos mining companies claiming a tax deduction for the compensation payments that are made to the victims.

In illustration of the costs to the public health system, the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia has stated that by 2020 there will be 13000 cases of mesothelioma and 40000 asbestos related lung cancer diseases, totaling 53000 people and this is only in Australia! This means that 53000 people will need to have constant medical attention for the next 15 years or so. The question therefore, who pays for the cost? The answer of course is the current taxpayer and the next generation of taxpayers.

In relation to tax revenue, governments are essentially missing out on tax revenue as the asbestos companies are claiming the compensation payment as a tax deduction. For illustrative purposes, assume that an asbestos mining company pays out $100m per year over five years to the victims. Also assume that the corporate tax rate is 30 per cent. Therefore over five years, a respective government is losing $150m in revenue. Essentially it means that the asbestos mining companies are sharing the costs with the taxpayer. They pay 70 per cent of the compensation payment and the taxpayer pays the remaining balance. Most people would view this as totally inequitable.

It can be seen that the Asbestos companies are only paying a part of the costs and not the full cost.

To rectify this, there are two possible solutions.

a) Respective Governments should also join class actions with Mesothelioma sufferers against the asbestos mining companies seeking compensation for medical and future medical costs. This would not be unprecedented as various State Governments of the United States sought compensation against the Tobacco Companies to pay for the medical costs of its citizens who needed medical attention because of the ill effects of smoking.

b) Governments deny a tax deduction for Mesothelioma compensation payments made by the asbestos mining companies.

Until either part a or part b happens, it is the taxpayer who will be unfairly burdened with the additional financial costs of Asbestos related diseases such as Mesothelioma.

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Asbestos is a mineral, which is amazing, with high strength and heat. Thus, he was frequently used in the reproduction of fires in buildings and ships. To meet these requirements, various mining companies began to asbestos in large quantities. The enormous profits made by this industry, the owners neglect potential dangers to the health of employees. At the beginning of the year 1900 itself, the researchers in medicine have noted that asbestos is harmful to the health. A variety of lung diseases, including mesothelioma and lung cancer, which are by asbestos reporting agents.

The increasing use of asbestos has a strong effect of fibrosis, asbestosis and other diseases, the people who have worked in industries that are of asbestos for 20 years or older are the most vulnerable More mergers diseases in connection with asbestos. But the people who inhaled a very small amount is very low for a period can succumb to this disease, the rich industrial eyes on this big problem. In many, the garment workers have asbestos fibres and they crossed to the fibers and disease to their families and neighbors.

Precautionary measures:

The best protection measures taken by the workers of the asbestos industry must wear clothes which they protects the fibers. Therefore, an attempt should be made to dust and pollution in these areas. The workers should wash and change clothes before you leave the house.

Mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos fibers, is a terrible disease in which the cells of the mésothélium rapidly proliferate and for the facilities nearby. The mesothelioma cancer cells can or not cancer cells. If it is cancer patients, it is known as a form of malignant mesothelioma, and if it is not malignant, it is the benign form. The pain and suffering of the patients are concerned, is too terrible to describe. The chemotherapy, surgery and a constant control for patients during their life. Patients receive analgesics to help them endure the terrible pain.

The link between asbestos fibers and the disease has been discovered that in the years 1930. But it is only in the years 1940, mesothelioma has been sent to the exhibition in the asbestos fibers • The main reason that the harmful effects of asbestos was not discovered because of the time gap between exposure and the occurrence of the disease. Sometimes it can even be from 35 to 40 years. Many workers transition thirty-six thousand jobs until that time, and they are not capable, their fate to link asbestos exposure.

The industrial and fear that the provision of security and halt the production, have tried to prevent the continuation of research in these areas. In addition, they include the results of research and misrepresentation and conclusions to argue. But today in many countries, the harmful effects of asbestos and have forbidden him, for various applications. Some countries, such as India and China no measures taken to the considerable burden of asbestos and for the protection of employees.

To protect the claws, the innocent mesothelioma is the responsibility of the governments of individual countries. They should inform the general public about the hazards of asbestos and to check whether all industries follow safety.

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