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In the 1970s, the U.S. government intervened to ban asbestos products in America. But long before that, were the dangers of asbestos studied and documented. In early times Greek and Roman times, has even noted that slaves working in quarries or asbestos, the wore clothes with asbestos for lung woven. In the late 20th century, physicians began to recognize that various respiratory diseases and lung problemsaffected are those that asbestos dust inhaled. In 1906, for the first time, has been documented death caused by asbestos.
Most diseases related to asbestos have a long latency period. Sometimes even 40 years. Thus, the diseases are not recognized and allowed for many years. In the early twentieth century, causing various diseases that are detected by exposure to asbestos. However, it was in the 1940s, only mesotheliomahas been recognized and named. In each phase, the asbestos companies tried to conceal their actions. They tried to bribe officials and researchers threatens to give all the studies on the dangers of asbestos.
They have not provided guarantees for their employees. Guarantees his team of asbestosis, mesothelioma and others could be protected against diseases
§ protective clothing,
§ masks
§ gloves
§ protective footwear and
§ a bath before going home industry or mine, and so on.
As the asbestos companies did not want their employees who do not know the dangers of asbestos, if any security measures above to their employees. She also hid the medical records of employees who died as a result of asbestos-related deaths. All this information has been hidden by otherEmployees. Many large companies have faced many lawsuits asbestos. To avoid such legal issues that affect their status, they called their lawyers, these cases outside of settlement agreement. After the main activity is asbestos testing was conducted to learn about the dangers of working with asbestos. If the results of these studies have been published, the industry adopted the most shocking results and published only a modifiedAccountable to workers and the general public.
The limited risk caused by asbestos, not only asbestosis, fibrosis and asbestos warts, but extends also to cancer of the lung. Asbestos initially leads to breathing problems, heart of the enlargement, dry cough and hemoptysis. Although it sounds terrible, lung cancer is still terrible. The tumors were induced in the body like the lungs, abdomen and heart. These tumors can also spread throughout the body, with deaththe inevitable conclusion of the patients.
Once the companies believed that asbestos causes cancer of asbestos, they were tense. They started to cover these reports. She was afraid that its economic benefits were threatened. So they do not care about the dangers of asbestos on the health of their employees. In some factories, supervisors and others who knew the dangers of asbestos, the Endeavorcertain safeguards for workers. However, the owner tried to stop them because they do not want their workers have no idea of the dangers of exposure to asbestos.
Despite everything that has seen several doctors and research institutions from reports in which terrible health problems caused by asbestos. Only in the 1970s, the measures taken to reduce exposure to asbestos. In 1973 It was found that spraying asbestosThe isolation, a danger of pollution. Then, the EPA has banned spray-on asbestos insulation. In addition, in the late 1970s, information began to emerge, the asbestos companies and branches covered the dangers of the Asbestos and suppress valuable information. It angered and shocked people around the world that their employers were so selfish about their profits. Also wanted the company to legal risks to prevent workers and their families.
After thisthe United States have banned all forms of asbestos. In many other countries have also followed the American example, but the damage is already done from the back. The suppression of information has no choice but to submit workers and they were likely to contain asbestos. Due to the long latency period of diseases related to asbestos such as mesothelioma, are these people still suffer from these diseases and continue to suffer for a decade or two.
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