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Asbestos Area Blackspots Linked To Mesothelioma.
Up until the 1970s and 80s, countless products were manufactured every day in the UK using asbestos as an inexpensive insulation and fire retardant material.
Asbestos Ghosts Of Christmas Past
Nothing illustrates the sheer lack of asbestos awareness of the health risks that exposure to the deadly material would bring to countless thousands of people who continue to suffer today than its’ use as fake snow during the Christmas season.
Asbestos Awareness In The Home.
One of the questions most frequently asked when asbestos advice is being sought by concerned homeowners is if their particular property is likely to contain the deadly material. According to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), around a half of UK households are still likely to have asbestos hidden within the fabric of the building.
Diagnosing mesothelioma at the earliest possible stage is crucial to minimising a patient’s often long and arduous treatment procedure, achieving a successful outcome and extending prognosis with a better quality of life.
Secondary exposure to asbestos, equally a deadly health threat, occurs where a spouse or members of the same family are also at high risk of contracting mesothelioma or other asbestosis diseases because the asbestos fibres have been brought home on boiler suits, work clothes, footwear and even in the hair.