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Earlier this week, doctors, patients, and researchers alike went out of their way to raise awareness about mesothelioma – a deadly form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. National Mesothelioma Awareness Day was started by the Mesothelioma Foundation – an organization that promotes mesothelioma awareness and education.

The goals of National Mesothelioma Awareness Day are to educate people about mesothelioma – a deadly form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. If left untreated, mesothelioma is almost always deadly. Mesothelioma can remain dormant in a person’s lungs for as many as 40 years. Because of this, many people are unaware of the possible risks in later life caused by exposure to asbestos particles in their youth.

Usually people who develop mesothelioma were exposed to asbestos on the job. Mesothelioma contraction rates can be traced with great accuracy to the places patients worked. The most common occupations linked to mesothelioma are shipyards, metal works and power houses. Below, we have compiled a list of companies grouped by jobsite type that have been caught up in asbestos exposure litigation.

Metalworks:

Acme Metals, Inc.
Bath Iron Works
Bethlehem Steel and Shipyard
Chicago Heights Steel
Keystone Steel and Wire Co.
LTV Steel Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding
Northwestern Steel and Wire
O’Hare Spring Company
Reynolds Aluminum Plant

In New York, a new treatment for mesothelioma is being tested in clinical trial. The drugs, oxaliplatin and gemcitabine, form a two-drug cocktail and are hoped to be a new option for the first or second line treatment for those suffering from the asbestos-related aliment. The trial is fashioned to see how quickly and effectively the drugs will slow the growth rate of mesothelioma tumors, which are normally found in the pleural lining of the lungs.

It’s a well known fact that exposure to asbestos in a working environment can cause lung cancer diseases such as mesothelioma. However, many people don’t realize that asbestos exposure can be transferred secondhand as well. For example, Pauline Levesque died in 2001 of mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos fibers while washing her husband’s work clothes during the years that he worked as an airplane mechanic. Asbestos can be fatal even when it’s not through first-hand exposure.

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