| The American Lung Association states that | | | | is seldom used in today's industries, it was |
| lung cancer has killed more than 150,000 | | | | used widely between 1940 and 1980. Aside |
| people each year. More often than not, people | | | | from asbestos, pipe fitters are also at risk |
| are suffering from diseases which they | | | | for contact with benzene - another |
| acquired from their line of work or their | | | | carcinogenic that causes lung cancer. |
| high risk jobs. An alarming increase of lung | | | | |
| cancer has been documented. In most cases, | | | | Those who install insulation flirt with death |
| these people have been exposed to second hand | | | | and disease through their high risk job. |
| smoke at the workplace, or they have inhaled | | | | This is another job that has caused lung |
| dangerous chemicals and substances they | | | | cancer among the workers. Asbestos is |
| should have been warned about. Lethal among | | | | present in insulation materials, and any |
| the substances is asbestos. The government | | | | laborer who has worked as an insulation |
| has taken steps to protect both worker and | | | | installer is 92 times more likely to get |
| employer in high risk jobs as asbestos | | | | sick. Another high risk job is working with |
| litigation spirals upward. The damage to | | | | tiles. They are likely to inhale |
| life is irreplaceable and billions of dollars | | | | interminable quantities of asbestos in almost |
| have been spent to pay victims and their | | | | all the materials they work around with - on |
| families | | | | ceilings, floors, and wall. As they work on |
| | | | the tiles they whiff in the dust which always |
| Many of those suffering from lung cancer are | | | | carry asbestos which will give them |
| associated with high risk jobs as | | | | mesothelioma cancer or asbestosis. Sanders, |
| shipbuilders, pipe fitters, insulation | | | | unknowingly, are in high risk jobs. Even |
| installers, tile workers, welders, refinery | | | | they have protective gear, they are still |
| workers, and sanders. These are considered | | | | susceptible to dust inhalation which may |
| high risk jobs for the consequence in later | | | | contain toxic fumes from asbestos, benzene |
| years. Wondering why? Shipbuilders are | | | | and other carcinogenics. |
| always in contact with insulation material | | | | |
| called fiberglass. Fiberglass has been known | | | | Welding is another high risk job. The metal |
| to cause cancer in laboratory animals. | | | | parts they work with contain a high number of |
| Fiberglass is a carcinogenic substance, and | | | | cancer-causing pollutants which they inhale. |
| this has been known for more than 20 years | | | | The pollutants are embedded in the lungs and |
| before companies decided to do something | | | | become a cause for deadly diseases. |
| about it. More than just fiberglass, though, | | | | Meanwhile, equipments in oil refineries |
| Shipbuilders are most likely to be | | | | contain asbestos. These pieces of equipment |
| contaminated with asbestos as many materials | | | | include ovens, driers, furnaces, pumps, and |
| for shipbuilding have asbestos as a component | | | | heat exchangers. By just being near these |
| in varying amounts - therefore shipbuilding | | | | pieces of equipment, workers are exposed to |
| is a high risk job. | | | | the untold risks of lung diseases and |
| | | | mesothelioma cancer. |
| Pipe fitting is another high risk job. Pipe | | | | |
| fitters are more exposed to asbestos as this | | | | All laborers in high risk jobs should seek |
| dangerous mineral is the basic component of | | | | legal advice should they suspect symptoms |
| pipes and similar materials. Pipe fitters | | | | caused by exposure to asbestos. They all |
| unknowingly inhale the fibers which become | | | | have the right to claim compensation for the |
| lodged in their lungs. Contamination from | | | | undue suffering they are going through. |
| asbestos is always lethal. Although asbestos | | | | |