Mesothelioma and Asbestos

Linn Stordahl is a 71-year-old Albany, Oregon man with asbestosis who may possess been exposed any number of times during his life. Perhaps he was exposed when he lived in Libby, Montana, the most contaminated region in the United States, thanks to asbestos-laden vermiculite mining. Maybe it happened when he was in the soldierlike as well as worked around heavy equipment, which used asbestos bodily in brakes as well as clutches. Or it could possess been when he was remodeling houses as well as his job involved pulling out insulation as well as replacing floor tiles, which as well as commonly contained asbestos.

Mr. Stordahl makes the point that, while some people think that current asbestos regulations may be too strict, the people of Libby, who had no protection until it was far too unhurried, possess reason to disagree. He urges everyone to read a book entitled An Air that Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana, Uncovered a National Scandal by Andrew Schneider as well as David McCumber, Berkley Publishing, 2004. The industry knew as well as did nothing to ensure the safety of the workers as well as the community. Now, many decades later, the people who lived as well as worked around asbestos as well as asbestos products are paying the price, as well as given the extended period of time between exposure as well as diseases similar mesothelioma, it could be a high price indeed.

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