ASBESTOS REMOVAL
A renaissance in asbestos removal projects has begun for aging public buildings

As 21st century medicine trumpets the direct link between civil servant mortality statistics and asbestos containing materials deteriorating in aging public buildings, town managers across the land are initiating asbestos removal projects for future public health safety.

Weitz & Luxenberg has protected the legal rights of asbestos-injured workers since 1986. Since then, the firm's mesothelioma lawyers have won several billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for clients injured by occupational asbestos exposure.

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November 19, 2009 - Throughout the 20th century, asbestos was prized in the U.S. construction industry for its fire-retardant properties, and thus used abundantly in the construction of public buildings all across America.

Right up through the 1980s, City Hall buildings, public school buildings and especially public libraries (containing tons of books and other paper products) were lathered with asbestos insulation materials, from floor to ceiling, as a precaution against fire disasters.

But the use of asbestos in building materials has been a disaster in itself. What was unreported by many employers at the time was that airborne asbestos fibers are very harmful to the human body. When asbestos fibers are inhaled through the nose or mouth, they become trapped inside the lungs, and can ultimately cause fatal illnesses.

As public buildings age over the decades, asbestos containing materials dry out or get disturbed. Airborne asbestos fibers put public servants, who spend their entire careers inside such environments, at risk for asbestos-related diseases that include lung cancer, asbestosis and the deadliest of all asbestos-linked cancers, mesothelioma.

Some 3,000 American workers die from mesothelioma every year through occupational asbestos exposure, and usually within two years of a diagnosis.

Today, asbestos is recognized as a deadly carcinogen and its use is outlawed in more than 40 countries, except the United States. Though still being used in certain U.S. industries, asbestos materials are finally being phased out.

But thousands of American workers, many of whom are now retired, will still develop mesothelioma in the coming years, as the disease has a latency period that can last decades.

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