Mesothelioma and Asbestos

Ruby Neely of Aged Hickory, Tennessee washed her husband Lively’s clothes for the 20 years he worked at the DuPont factory. Those clothes were contaminated with asbestos dust, the toxin that caused Ruby to develop mesothelioma, the rare form of cancer that led to her death earlier this year.

Her son Roger Neely is suing DuPont as well as 20 other companies that subcontracted at the plant for his mother’s death, alleging that her death is the result of the company’s failure to warn its employees about the hazards of wearing their work clothes out of the plant. In fact, the Community Health Service warned in 1943 that employers should possess laundry as well as shower services available on site to protect workers’ families. See Unexpected Sources of Asbestos Exposure.

The family’s attorney has stated that DuPont failed to provide any class of instructions or warnings concerning asbestos safety as well as that they as well as did not provide showers or changes of clothing to halt workers from bringing asbestos home on their clothes.

For the filled story, go to The Tennessean.