Sunday, August 12, 2007
Pleural Mesothelioma cancer is a wicked form of cancer and can be found in the sac lining of the abdominal cavity or in the region of the lining of the heart. Once the symptom starts developing, it segregates at a swift rate and the complications are created within a year. Nearly 80% of all workers belong to asbestos industry get affected by this Mesothelioma. And this disease affects most of the men between the ages 50 and 70 and is contracted through the occupational hazard. People working in shipyards, mines, insulation factories are still as feasible to get pleural Mesothelioma since they were decades ago. This harmful Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma causes death. There were no laws before 1980 for the protection of workers from Asbestos exposure in the workplace, however, once it was seen that people working in an environment of Asbestos exposure were being diagnosed with Pleural Mesothelioma 30-50 years after their exposure, laws began to change.
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