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Mesothelioma Cancer, Risks and Factor
Almost all cases of mesothelioma patients have been recorded with some sort of connection with asbestos though there are rare cases that have no links to suggest exposures of the patients to asbestos particles. With these cases, reasons such as intrapleural throium dioxide, inhaling erionite and irradiation are suspected.
Asbestos is used in manufacturing a large number of items including, textiles, roofing material, cement, brake linings, flooring items, insulation etc. When manufacturing these products, small particles of asbestos are airborne and those who are in the surrounding areas inhale them. Unlike any other substances that we inhale accidentally, asbestos is not harmless and can have life threatening affects such as mesothelioma. Not only mesothelioma but also other diseases such as lung cancer, asbestosis, and larynx and kidney cancers are in the list of asbestos related diseases.
In addition, when a person smokes heavily, it may increase the risk of having mesothelioma. In earlier times, some of the brands of cigarettes have used asbestos substances to manufacture their filters and people who smoked them were reported to have been infected with mesothelioma through the cigarette filters. However this practice is no longer used and hence it is not linked with such incidents. Other than this, a virus called simian has been reported to have some connection with mesothelioma cancers.
In the early days, many cases of mesothelioma have been recorded in USA among workers working in asbestos related factories. The workers who worked in shipyards have been reported to have mesothelioma on large scale as early as 1940s. But today US government has put laws to keep working places free of asbestos in keeping with the safety levels and the British government too has activated laws to safeguards workers in asbestos related manufacturing sites.
Almost all cases of mesothelioma patients have been recorded with some sort of connection with asbestos though there are rare cases that have no links to suggest exposures of the patients to asbestos particles. With these cases, reasons such as intrapleural throium dioxide, inhaling erionite and irradiation are suspected.
Asbestos is used in manufacturing a large number of items including, textiles, roofing material, cement, brake linings, flooring items, insulation etc. When manufacturing these products, small particles of asbestos are airborne and those who are in the surrounding areas inhale them. Unlike any other substances that we inhale accidentally, asbestos is not harmless and can have life threatening affects such as mesothelioma. Not only mesothelioma but also other diseases such as lung cancer, asbestosis, and larynx and kidney cancers are in the list of asbestos related diseases.
In addition, when a person smokes heavily, it may increase the risk of having mesothelioma. In earlier times, some of the brands of cigarettes have used asbestos substances to manufacture their filters and people who smoked them were reported to have been infected with mesothelioma through the cigarette filters. However this practice is no longer used and hence it is not linked with such incidents. Other than this, a virus called simian has been reported to have some connection with mesothelioma cancers.
In the early days, many cases of mesothelioma have been recorded in USA among workers working in asbestos related factories. The workers who worked in shipyards have been reported to have mesothelioma on large scale as early as 1940s. But today US government has put laws to keep working places free of asbestos in keeping with the safety levels and the British government too has activated laws to safeguards workers in asbestos related manufacturing sites.