Installers are among the industrial workers at high risk for the deadly cancer mesothelioma. This is the result of a study by the insurance industry recently in the United Kingdom.The report, prepared for the demands of Nacional, found that have plumbers and pipe fitters and current or former electrician, construction worker and auto mechanic, a significantly higher incidence of cancers associated with asbestos, that people who work in other industries. Itsa find support from researchers at the CDC in the United States displaying the number of deaths of plumbers and pipefitters Mesothelioma significantly predict the number will rise and continue for another 40 years.
Asbestos is an insulating material was widely used in industry around the world before 1980. It has been estimated mainly pipes for their resistance to extreme temperatures and corrosion. Although no longer used in new buildings and even C in over 40 countries (not USA) asbestos remaining C for water pipes and fittings and radiator filaments of millions of old houses and commercial buildings is prohibited. Plumbers and pipefitters to disturb the asbestos in the cup, the repair or replacement, it can toxic fibers to release the seeds of mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and other diseases.
The report warns that insurance in the UK plumbers, past and present, that a disease mesothelioma, which is particularly dangerous because it tends to grow slowly, with symptoms that can simulate different conditions, making it less likely until the disease is diagnosed in its final phase. According to the report of asbestosis symptoms are often only 15-20 years after the first exposure to asbestos. The symptoms begin and can be stronger in some years. Common symptoms are shortness of breath (at first, then physical activity and may occur at rest), cough, wheezing and chest pain.
Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph UK's 175,000 payment to a former hospital reported plumber diagnosed with mesothelioma. Sixty-one years Ward Alan Westin credit-super-Mare, has never ever been warned against the dangers of inhaling asbestos. We just broke out of asbestos and has to work, said Ward. Ward in a hospital in Wakefield in 1964 worked until 1972.
