Mesothelioma Risk: Father and Son Asbestos Insulators in Shipping Industry

A woman whose father and brother both died of mesothelioma is speaking out about the illness, which looms over the rest of her family according to the Feb. 14, 2008 edition of the Hartpool Mail in the United Kingdom.

The two were exposed to asbestos when they worked as insulators in local powerhouses.

The article said the woman hopes to raise awareness of the disease, and worries that the rest of her family is at risk from secondary exposure to the toxic asbestos dust. Her father, she said, used to come home covered in white dust and that family members used to hug him. Her mother, she said in the article, would shake the dust out in the home, exposing the entire family.

Her brother and father were insulation laggers in power stations across England, where they came in contact with the deadly asbestos carcinogen.

The family has set up a memorial fund.

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