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Textile Cloths - Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure Risks

Among the occupations that face a higher risk of mesothelioma than the general population are textile workers who worked with asbestos textiles. Asbestos textiles are used far less today than they used to be used when asbestos was still thought of as the mineral miracle rather than a silent killer. In its heyday, you could find asbestos cloth textiles in nearly every home in the United States. Textiles containing asbestos were used to make fire blankets, pot holders, oven mitts, ironing board covers and many other items that were considered extremely useful - if not vital - to everyday life.

The making of asbestos textile cloths put the workers involved in the manufacture, weaving and sewing process at considerable risk of developing deadly lung diseases, most specifically, mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining around the lungs. In fact, some of the earliest reports of illness and death due to asbestos were recorded in asbestos textile workers. In 1900, a doctor discovered and recorded the discovery of asbestos fibers in the lungs of a thirty three year old man who had worked in an asbestos textile factory for fourteen years. In 1924, another British doctor published the results of an autopsy done on a 33 year old woman who had worked in an asbestos textile factory for thirteen years. He named the condition that killed her asbestosis, because of the asbestos fibers that he found in her lungs. In the study that followed the publication, hundreds of asbestos textile workers were examined and doctors found that nearly a quarter of them showed evidence of pulmonary fibrosis - lung scarring related to the inhalation of asbestos fibers.

Despite this early knowledge of the dangers of working with asbestos textiles, the companies that made products with asbestos conspired to hide the dangers in order to protect their profits. The history of asbestos manufacture and production is thick with top secret memos that cautioned silence and discretion in sharing the information about the high incidence of mesothelioma and lung disease among asbestos textile cloth workers and others who worked with asbestos regularly.

It was this deliberate conspiracy to keep the dangers and hazards of asbestos under wraps that has prompted many juries and judges to award high compensation to workers in the asbestos industries who were exposed to asbestos and developed mesothelioma or asbestosis as a result.

Unfortunately, the dangers of asbestos textiles and cloths are not limited to those who manufactured or worked with those textiles in factories and textile plants. Anyone who regularly used asbestos impregnated and treated textiles may carry some risk of exposure to asbestos fibers. The risk is greatest for those who wore protective asbestos clothing in the course of their daily work - smelters, iron workers, power plant workers, boiler room attendants, glass workers, fire fighters and others exposed to high heat and the possibility of burns in the course of their duties, but those who used asbestos treated products daily at home may also face a higher risk of mesothelioma than those who have never been exposed to asbestos.

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you were exposed to asbestos somewhere in the past. Mesothelioma lawyers have become expert at tracing the source of asbestos exposure. If you have mesothelioma, but are uncertain of how or when you were exposed, an experienced mesothelioma lawyer may be able to pinpoint the products or manufacturers responsible for exposing you to asbestos. For more information about asbestos textile and the risk of mesothelioma, contact a knowledgeable mesothelioma lawyer in your area.

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