Asbestos-related diseases
Tthe health risks of exposure to asbestos:
People can be exposed to asbestos in the workplace, their communities and their homes. In the case of products containing asbestos is concerned, the tiny asbestos fibers released into the air.
When asbestos fibers to breathe, can get trapped in the lungs and remain there for long. Over time, these fibers can accumulate and cause inflammation and scarring that can affect breathing and lead to serious health problems.
Asbestos has been classified as a known human carcinogen (a substance that causes cancer) by the Ministry of Health and Human Services, EPA and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Studies have shown that exposure to asbestos can lead to an increased risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma (a rare cancer of the thin membrane that line the chest and abdomen).
Although rare, mesothelioma is the most common cancer associated with exposure to asbestos. In addition to mesothelioma and lung cancer, some studies have shown links between exposure to asbestos and the gastrointestinal tract and colorectal cancer, as well as an increased risk of cancer of the throat, kidney, esophagus, gallbladder, and. However, the evidence inconclusive.
Asbestos effects can also increase the risk of asbestosis (inflammation that affects the state of the lungs, which can cause difficulty breathing, coughing, and permanent lung damage) and other nonmalignant lung and pleural disorders, including pleural plaques (changes in the membranes surrounding the lungs), pleural thickening, pleural fluid and benign (abnormal collections of fluid between layers of light fabrics and wall of the thoracic cavity). Although pleural plaques are not precursors of lung cancer, showed that people with pleural disease caused by exposure to asbestos may be at increased risk of lung cancer.
Risks of asbestos-related diseases:
Everyone is exposed to asbestos at some time in their lives. Low levels of asbestos in the air, water and soil. However, most people do not become ill from their exposure. People who become ill from asbestos are usually those who are exposed to it on a regular basis, most often in the workplace, where they work directly with the material or the environment through contact.
Since early 1940, millions of workers have been exposed to asbestos. Health risks of asbestos fibers have been recognized in workers exposed in shipbuilding, trade, asbestos mining and milling, manufacturing of asbestos textiles and other asbestos products, insulation work in construction and construction, as well as a number of other professions.
Demolition workers, dry removal, asbestos removal workers, firefighters, road workers can be exposed to asbestos fibers. Studies evaluating the risk of cancer faced by auto mechanics exposed to asbestos through brake repair is limited, but generally there is no safe level of asbestos exposure. As a result of government regulation and improvement of working methods, today's workers (those without previous exposure) may face risks lower than those in the past.
Persons involved in rescue, recovery and cleanup of the site on September 11, 2001 against the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York even at risk of developing asbestos-related diseases. Because asbestos was used in the construction of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when the building was attacked, hundreds of tons of asbestos were released into the atmosphere.
Those who are most at risk include firefighters, policemen, doctors, builders, and volunteers who worked in the rubble at the Ground Zero. Other risks are living in the vicinity of the WTC towers and those who attended schools nearby. These people must be followed to determine long-term health effects of exposure.
One study found that almost 70 percent of WTC rescue and recovery workers suffered new or worsening respiratory symptoms in the performance of work at the WTC site. The study describes the outcome of the WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, which was established to identify and describe opportunities for WTC-related health effects in the response. The study found that about 28 percent of tests were abnormal lung function tests, and 61 percent of people without health problems developed respiratory symptoms . However, it is important to note that these symptoms may be related to exposure to different components of asbestos waste.
While it is clear that health risks from exposure to asbestos increase with exposure to severe and longer exposure time, investigators have found asbestos-related diseases in individuals with only brief exposure. Typically, those who develop asbestos-related diseases show no signs of illness for a long time after their first exposure. This can take anywhere from 10 to 40 years or more symptoms of asbestos-related disease to appear.
There is some evidence that family members of workers exposed to asbestos at large are facing an increased risk of mesothelioma. This risk is believed to be the result of exposure to asbestos fibers in the house because of shoes, clothes, skin and hair of workers. To reduce these risks, federal law regulates work practices to limit asbestos was made this way.
Some workers may be required to shower and change clothes before they leave work, store their clothes in an area in the workplace, or wash their work clothes at home separately from other clothes.
Cases of mesothelioma were also observed in individuals without occupational exposure to asbestos, living near asbestos mines.
People can be exposed to asbestos in the workplace, their communities and their homes. In the case of products containing asbestos is concerned, the tiny asbestos fibers released into the air.
When asbestos fibers to breathe, can get trapped in the lungs and remain there for long. Over time, these fibers can accumulate and cause inflammation and scarring that can affect breathing and lead to serious health problems.
Asbestos has been classified as a known human carcinogen (a substance that causes cancer) by the Ministry of Health and Human Services, EPA and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Studies have shown that exposure to asbestos can lead to an increased risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma (a rare cancer of the thin membrane that line the chest and abdomen).
Although rare, mesothelioma is the most common cancer associated with exposure to asbestos. In addition to mesothelioma and lung cancer, some studies have shown links between exposure to asbestos and the gastrointestinal tract and colorectal cancer, as well as an increased risk of cancer of the throat, kidney, esophagus, gallbladder, and. However, the evidence inconclusive.
Asbestos effects can also increase the risk of asbestosis (inflammation that affects the state of the lungs, which can cause difficulty breathing, coughing, and permanent lung damage) and other nonmalignant lung and pleural disorders, including pleural plaques (changes in the membranes surrounding the lungs), pleural thickening, pleural fluid and benign (abnormal collections of fluid between layers of light fabrics and wall of the thoracic cavity). Although pleural plaques are not precursors of lung cancer, showed that people with pleural disease caused by exposure to asbestos may be at increased risk of lung cancer.
Risks of asbestos-related diseases:
Everyone is exposed to asbestos at some time in their lives. Low levels of asbestos in the air, water and soil. However, most people do not become ill from their exposure. People who become ill from asbestos are usually those who are exposed to it on a regular basis, most often in the workplace, where they work directly with the material or the environment through contact.
Since early 1940, millions of workers have been exposed to asbestos. Health risks of asbestos fibers have been recognized in workers exposed in shipbuilding, trade, asbestos mining and milling, manufacturing of asbestos textiles and other asbestos products, insulation work in construction and construction, as well as a number of other professions.
Demolition workers, dry removal, asbestos removal workers, firefighters, road workers can be exposed to asbestos fibers. Studies evaluating the risk of cancer faced by auto mechanics exposed to asbestos through brake repair is limited, but generally there is no safe level of asbestos exposure. As a result of government regulation and improvement of working methods, today's workers (those without previous exposure) may face risks lower than those in the past.
Persons involved in rescue, recovery and cleanup of the site on September 11, 2001 against the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York even at risk of developing asbestos-related diseases. Because asbestos was used in the construction of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when the building was attacked, hundreds of tons of asbestos were released into the atmosphere.
Those who are most at risk include firefighters, policemen, doctors, builders, and volunteers who worked in the rubble at the Ground Zero. Other risks are living in the vicinity of the WTC towers and those who attended schools nearby. These people must be followed to determine long-term health effects of exposure.
One study found that almost 70 percent of WTC rescue and recovery workers suffered new or worsening respiratory symptoms in the performance of work at the WTC site. The study describes the outcome of the WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, which was established to identify and describe opportunities for WTC-related health effects in the response. The study found that about 28 percent of tests were abnormal lung function tests, and 61 percent of people without health problems developed respiratory symptoms . However, it is important to note that these symptoms may be related to exposure to different components of asbestos waste.
While it is clear that health risks from exposure to asbestos increase with exposure to severe and longer exposure time, investigators have found asbestos-related diseases in individuals with only brief exposure. Typically, those who develop asbestos-related diseases show no signs of illness for a long time after their first exposure. This can take anywhere from 10 to 40 years or more symptoms of asbestos-related disease to appear.
There is some evidence that family members of workers exposed to asbestos at large are facing an increased risk of mesothelioma. This risk is believed to be the result of exposure to asbestos fibers in the house because of shoes, clothes, skin and hair of workers. To reduce these risks, federal law regulates work practices to limit asbestos was made this way.
Some workers may be required to shower and change clothes before they leave work, store their clothes in an area in the workplace, or wash their work clothes at home separately from other clothes.
Cases of mesothelioma were also observed in individuals without occupational exposure to asbestos, living near asbestos mines.
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