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The main causes of Mesothelioma is
normally attributed to asbestos. Even exposure at low levels to very
small fibers and dust particles can lead to mesothelioma cancer. Tracing a history of patients suffering from mesothelioma, it will usually be found that there has been some form of exposure to asbestos. This will not necessarily have been a direct exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma has been contracted by family members of those who have worked in an asbestos environment. This is normally deemed to have caused the mesothelioma due to asbestos in the clothes or hair of the worker being brought into the home environment, where other family members are then exposed. Work environments which would be high risk for exposure would include:- Manufacturers of asbestos products, such as insulation, roofing, and building materials Construction contractors Mines Shipyards Steel mills Railroads Oil refineries Jobs which would be considered the highest risk would include:- Auto mechanics Boilermakers Bricklayers Building Inspectors Carpenters Electricians Furnace workers Glazers Insulators Labourers Maintenance workers Mariners Machinery operators Painters Plasterers Plumbers Roofers Welders These lists are not exhaustive, and should be just considered as illustrations of the type of environment or occupation which would be considered hazardous in years gone by, and susceptible to risk for mesothelioma. Because mesothelioma affects the lungs, smokers will be at greater risk than non-smokers, but there has been no conclusive evidence linking smoking to mesothelioma without the patient also having a link to asbestos. |
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