The main cause of exposure from asbestos fiber has always
been associated with jobs, especially in industrial business. Being exposed in
asbestos fiber is the primary cause of mesothelioma risk. Through World War II,
exposure took place in the shipbuilding industry, auto brake shops, steel
mills, auto assembly plants, pulp and paper mills, textile, mils and asbestos
mines, as well as a huge proportion of veterans.
In addition, people who work in petrochemical plants,
power plants and refineries have traditionally been at higher risk due to the
used of products, made from asbestos, for insulation. Workers from construction
sites that used asbestos laced cement and insulation of asbestos in buildings
and setting up of heating systems have traditionally been at higher risk for
asbestos exposure.
In times of first three quarters of the 20th
century, members of the family of workers who were put through on the exposure
from their job were at risk to inhale asbestos fibers from the cloth they worn
on the working site and carried through home by the workers.
