The families of these workers were not safe from being exposed to asbestos as fibers attached to the laborers’ working clothes and bodies, were brought home.
From the prolonged inhalation of these asbestos fibers, laborers and their families risked developing fatal diseases like asbestos-related lung cancer and mesothelioma or other serious respiratory conditions.
In the military, laborers were responsible for building various structures, such as barracks and hospitals. Since they would often handle construction products that contained asbestos, former military laborers are now at high risk of developing a serious disease, such as lung cancer or mesothelioma, as a result of exposure. They were present in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Forces, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Relevant job titles
- construction laborer
- refinery laborer
- yard laborer
- factory laborer
- trade laborer
- aggregate laborer
- asphalt laborer
- concrete laborer
- demolition laborer
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