Archive for April, 2010
Asbestos Awareness Hots Up For Hair Dryers.
The terrible legacy of asbestos use throughout many manufacturing industries continues to this day with the claims for asbestos compensation predicted to continue for decades to come. Up until the 1970s and into the 1980s, asbestos could still be found in thousands of consumer products and materials where heat insulation or fire-resistance was necessary.
Asbestos Design Wallpaper.
Speculation continues to this day as to whether French Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte died in 1821 as a result of arsenic poisoning from green pigments used as colouring in the wallpaper covering the bathroom and drawing room walls at Longwood House, St Helena, the place of his last exile.
Asbestos Inhaled With Cigarette Filters
Tobacco smoking can cause lung cancer and asbestos is directly linked to mesothelioma. Combine the two and the risk of developing either of the two diseases dramatically increases. The risk of a smoker who has been exposed to asbestos developing asbestosis is comparatively higher than the risk for a non-smoker. Yet, for a period of time in the 1950s, at least one cigarette company used asbestos in its cigarette filters, exposing millions to a significantly increased risk of developing lung cancer and mesothelioma.
Asbestos Disease Statistics Expose The Truth
In October 2009, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) released figures on asbestos diseases, including asbestosis and mesthelioma. Revealing a high number of sufferers currently pursuing asbestos compensation, should by now have silenced some press naysayers who downplay the problem.
The decision to proceed with a mesothelioma claim or asbestos compensation can be a daunting step to take. Especially, after a long latency period that has seen a gradual deterioration in the asbestosis sufferer’s health. Case procedures can be themselves lengthy and complicated, with often, many delays, obstacles and disappointments along the way. Therefore, it’s imperative that you engage the services of the best solicitors that you can to achieve satisfaction in your efforts to win your case and be awarded compensation entitlement.