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Second-Hand Exposure: Wife Washed Contaminated Work Clothes of Husband Who Repaired Engines With Asbestos

A woman has died at home, aged 72, of mesothelioma, after years of breathing in asbestos dust from her husband's overalls as she washed them. Her husband worked with locomotive engines, which were repaired with asbestos.

According to the Eastwood & Kimberly Advertiser, she had been exposed to asbestos for numerous years when she washed the asbestos dust from her husband’s work clothes. This type of contact with the deadly mineral is known as "second-hand exposure."

Her husband was a fitter and turner with the railroad for 25 years, repairing engines, which contained asbestos.

Many companies and manufacturers of train carriages in the railroad industry have used materials made from asbestos, which they apply to repair and manufacture train surfaces and parts.

Because of this reliance on asbestos, thousands of railroad workers have been exposed to asbestos.

Sadly, our lawyers are all too familiar with this type of tragedy from asbestos. Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. represents tens of thousands of individuals suffering from asbestos-related diseases.

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