Secondary Asbestos Exposure
Exposure to asbestos in the workplace has been recognised as a danger since 1955. But there has also been a steady stream of cases that show risk also extended to the home. This has included wives who washed their husband’s dusty overalls and children who helped are being diagnosed with the asbestos linked mesothelioma, a cancerous tumour that attacks the lung lining. There was a recent £75,000 pay-out to the daughter of a Royal Navy boiler fitter. She had been exposed to asbestos fibres from her fathers overalls in the sixties, now she has mesothelioma.
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