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Dangers of AsbestosFind Asbestos Dangers
Since asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, for decades, asbestos was used in countless products. Therefore a wide range of workers came in contact with deadly asbestos dust. Since the early 1900s, asbestos manufacturing companies, the companies who used asbestos, and their insurance companies have known that asbestos poses a deadly hazard. In the 1930s, studies demonstrated that exposure to asbestos dust could be life-threatening. Moreover, the asbestos companies funded secret studies that demonstrated that asbestos causes cancer and mesothelioma. However, the asbestos companies concealed their knowledge of the deadly hazard posed by asbestos. As a result, millions of workers in the United States continued to work with and around asbestos without knowing of the danger. In the 1970s, the United States government created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA recognized that asbestos exposure caused serious health problems including asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. It also enacted regulations designed to protect American workers. Even after the government imposed regulations, many companies continued to expose their workers to asbestos and failed to adequately warn and protect their workers. Indeed, today doctors are diagnosing asbestos, lung cancer and mesothelioma in individuals who were exposed to asbestos as late as the 1960’s.Even though asbestos exposure was being reduced, countless numbers of people continued to be exposed to asbestos. Indeed, many products containing asbestos continued to be sold and used. |
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