Plumber (Plumber) high-risk suffering from Mesothelioma

Plumber (Plumber) is the industrial workers most at risk for the deadly cancer mesothelioma. That's the findings of an insurance industry study recently conducted in England.

In a report prepared by the National Claims, finding that the former plumbers or plumbers, and electrical, construction workers and auto mechanics, have a much higher possibility of exposed asbestos-related cancers than people who work in other industries. This is a finding that is supported by CDC researchers in the United States which found the number of mesothelioma deaths among plumbers and predict these events can continue to increase over 40 years.

Mesothelioma Plumber Cancer

Asbestos is an insulating material widely used in industries around the world until the 1980s. This is primarily about pipe resilience to temperature extremes and corrosion. Although no longer used in new construction - and even been banned in more than 40 countries (though not in the United States) - Asbestos is still around water pipes, in pipe fittings and water heating filament millions of old homes and commercial buildings. Plumbers who do cutting pipes, repairing or replacing pipes, can release toxic fibers which is a forerunner to the emergence of mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and other diseases.

The report warned that the UK insurance and ex-plumber plumbers, mesothelioma is a very dangerous disease because it tends to develop slowly, with symptoms that can mimic other conditions, diagnosis of mesothelioma is initially very small possibility of this disease was found to gradually develop in the future day. According to the report "The symptoms of asbestosis is often only emerge 15 to 20 years after initial exposure to asbestos. Symptoms begin gradually, and may become more visible for several years. Common symptoms are shortness of breath (initially after physical activity, but eventually also while resting), coughing, wheezing, and chest pain. "

At the same time, 'Daily Telegraph' in England reported expenses incurred by a former plumber who was diagnosed with mesotelioma in hospitals around 175 000 pounds.