People are curious and don't understand what people get mesothelioma. So this article will shed some light on just who does contract the deadly cancer.
The simple answer is those who are exposed to asbestos for long periods of time. But lets take a closer look at exactly what people get mesothelioma. The following is a list of where people are exposed or can be exposed to asbestos and what occupations can expose people to asbestos and being exposed to these areas helps answer the question: What people get mesothelioma?
First let's look at the places people could be exposed to asbestos:
- Asbestos product manufacturing (insulation, roofing, building, materials)
- Automotive repair (brakes & clutches)
- Construction sites
- Maritime operations
- Mining operations
- Offshore rust removals
- Oil refineries
- Power plants
- Railroads
- Sand or abrasive manufacturers
- Shipyards / ships / shipbuilders
- Steel mills
- Asbestos removal workers
- Workers at exfoliation facilities where vermiculite ore from Libby, Montana, was processed
- Demolition workers
- Workers at asbestos product manufacturing plants
- Auto mechanics
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers
- Building inspectors
- Carpenters
- Drywallers
- Electricians
- Floor covering manufacturers or installers
- Furnace workers
- Glazers
- Grinders
- Hod carriers
- Insulators
- Iron workers
- Laborers
- Longshoremen
- Maintenance workers
- Merchant marines
- Millwrights
- Operating engineers
- Painters
- Plasterers
- Plumbers
- Roofers
What people get mesothelioma? Well the children who used to be exposed to asbestos 30 years ago or more through work or even play in their homes because of lack of regulations and understanding. These are the people getting mesothelioma in their 30's and 40's usually. Once again it's a terrible cancer and terrible disease. But hopefully this article helps answer the question for you "what people get mesothelioma?"
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