Miners and the communities based around asbestos, vermiculite and taconite mines are at the greatest risk of developing asbestos-related diseases. As a miner, you came in direct contact with large deposits of this carcinogenic mineral. When these deposits were mined, airborne concentrations increased greatly. Upon inhalation of the fibers, asbestos causes significant irritation to the lungs and bronchioles.
There were elevated rates of asbestos-related diseases in the families of miners from the asbestos brought home on their clothing and working gear.
The time lag between exposure and asbestos-caused diseases for both the miners and the residents of the mining communities is of 10 to 40 years when it is already too late for any treatment option to work.
If you developed one of the following cancers as a result of occupational exposure, you are eligible for compensation. If you are too ill, a family member can help you with the legal process. In the unfortunate event that you pass away before recovering compensation, your surviving family members will receive compensation on your behalf.
Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Throat Cancer Esophageal Cancer Bronchial Cancer Gastrointestinal Cancer Colorectal CancerIf, however, you struggle with non-cancerous pleural diseases such as asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, diffuse pleural thickening, COPD (emphysema & chronic bronchitis), pleurisy, lung nodules, lung spots, asthma, pneumonitis, tuberculosis, rounded atelectasis or lung scarring, please seek a second or even a third opinion as the rate of misdiagnosis is very high among the victims of asbestos exposure.
Former miners who interacted with asbestos, vermiculite or taconite are at high risk of developing a pulmonary disease. Because they would be in regular contact with raw asbestos or other asbestos-contaminated minerals, inhaling carcinogenic fibers was inevitable. Moreover, as asbestos has not been formally deemed a health hazard until the 1970s, safety measures were not followed and thus, miners would often carry asbestos particles on their clothes, endangering their families as well. Vermiculite deposits typically occur near asbestos in the earth and thereby, contamination is unavoidable.
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