Mesothelioma - What Products Contain Asbestos

Mesothelioma - What Products Contain Asbestos

 

The 1960s saw the start of a trial that seeks to determine if asbestos was a cause of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer and brutal. Thirty years later, the verdict was and EPA issued an order banning asbestos in products.The ban was largely canceled in 1991 by an appeals court. The ruling raises the question of what they were doing and the products still contain asbestos. Asbestos is a fibrous form of several different minerals. It is very unique in nature in that it is a natural heat repellent. It melts only at the highest temperatures. This makes it ideal for our industrial society material as heat and fire is a byproduct of much of what we do. Given this, asbestos was long seen as a miracle material gender. Of course, it was later discovered that the fibers could lodge in the lungs and cause a host of health problems such as lung cancer and mesothelioma. We often hear and read about the asbestos used in the products. This is a rather vague statement. Just what products are we talking about here? Well, the specific products that were basically anything related to the heat in the 1960s. A classic example includes pipes and boilers of ships. Every sailor can say that fire is their greatest fear at sea. Asbestos was a great insulator on boats and is widely used. As expected, many shipyard workers with mesothelioma have dropped in recent years. The boats are great and all as an example, but what about something more common? Well, consider your car. The brakes work by pushing pads against a source movement. As the pads are pushed harder, the source of slow moving and so do the wheels. This creates a lot of heat. To combat this, the pads on most vehicles were heavily asbestos for decades! What houses and buildings? Fire is again a concern, so that asbestos was used in everything from wall insulation ceiling tiles to "popcorn" ceilings for insulation around pipes leading from the heater water to ... well, almost everything.The list of products incorporating asbestos are almost endless. For a long period of time, the fire safety equipment used by emergency personnel actually incorporated! Imagine that! The news of the fate is mesothelioma did not develop in the vast majority of people who were exposed to asbestos. Since the survival rate is very low, this meant averted millions of deaths