Chemical plant worker to start support group for those with asbestos diseases

A man who was exposed to asbestos throughout his life through working at a chemical plant, is setting up a support group for people with mesothelioma, asbestosis and asbestos-related lung cancer, said the Grimsby Telegraph on June 14, 2008.

He predicts the number of people diagnosed with asbestosis will rise dramatically in the coming years, due to the detectable levels of asbestos present in occupational environments in the 60s and 70s.

The man pointed out the long latency period of developing an asbestos disease--that while many people who worked with asbestos, like him, will have it in their lungs, it does not mean they will receive a diagnosis of asbestosis or mesothelioma.

According to Cancer Research UK's experts, nearly 200,000 people in the UK could still get asbestos-related cancers from exposure in the 60s and 70s.

From shipfitters, pipefitters and demolition workers, to those toiling on railroads and in construction, Weitz & Luxenberg has many clients whose needless and entirely avoidable exposure to asbestos ultimately led to them developing asbestos-related diseases.

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