A warm welcome to Matt Phillips,
our newest contributing author.
our newest contributing author.
Please afford him the same courtesy and consideration
that we enjoy from all our readers.
that we enjoy from all our readers.
I hope Matt doesn't mind my grangerizing his post
by adding photos (grangerize, to add illustrations,
is the word of the day from dictionary.com and
their hot word blog, from our blog roll; I couldn't resist.)
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by adding photos (grangerize, to add illustrations,
is the word of the day from dictionary.com and
their hot word blog, from our blog roll; I couldn't resist.)
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Most people in the U.S. are at least somewhat aware of the dangers of asbestos, but not many consider it a pressing issue anymore. However, asbestos and asbestos-related diseases appear in the news with some frequency. The most serious of these diseases is mesothelioma, a rare and deadly cancer of the lining of the chest and abdomen. Asbestos use in the U.S. peaked in the mid-20th century, though the dangers of exposure to the substance had been known for many years. Many employers withheld this information from their workers and failed to provide proper protective gear for those who came into contact with asbestos on a regular basis. Since symptoms of mesothelioma can take between 20 and 50 years to manifest, many workers whose health was compromised are only now beginning to show signs of illness and seek restitution.
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| photo of the then-vacant Deutsche Bank at Ground Zero, one year after the attack on 9/11/'01 courtesy of http://gonyc.about.com/od/ photogalleries/l/bl_wtc01.htm |
