| Almost all cases of mesothelioma patients have been | | | | people who smoked them were reported to have |
| recorded with some sort of connection with asbestos | | | | been infected with mesothelioma through the cigarette |
| though there are rare cases that have no links to | | | | filters. However this practice is no longer used and |
| suggest exposures of the patients to asbestos | | | | hence it is not linked with such incidents. Other than this, |
| particles. With these cases, reasons such as | | | | a virus called simian has been reported to have some |
| intrapleural throium dioxide, inhaling erionite and | | | | connection with mesothelioma cancers. |
| irradiation are suspected. | | | | In the early days, many cases of mesothelioma have |
| Asbestos is used in manufacturing a large number of | | | | been recorded in USA among workers working in |
| items including, textiles, roofing material, cement, brake | | | | asbestos related factories. The workers who worked |
| linings, flooring items, insulation etc. When manufacturing | | | | in shipyards have been reported to have |
| these products, small particles of asbestos are | | | | mesothelioma on large scale as early as 1940s. But |
| airborne and those who are in the surrounding areas | | | | today US government has put laws to keep working |
| inhale them. Unlike any other substances that we inhale | | | | places free of asbestos in keeping with the safety |
| accidentally, asbestos is not harmless and can have | | | | levels and the British government too has activated |
| life threatening affects such as mesothelioma. Not only | | | | laws to safeguards workers in asbestos related |
| mesothelioma but also other diseases such as lung | | | | manufacturing sites. |
| cancer, asbestosis, and larynx and kidney cancers are | | | | Nevertheless, there are still countries that do not |
| in the list of asbestos related diseases. | | | | regulate efficient laws to protect workers in such |
| In addition, when a person smokes heavily, it may | | | | places and many mesothelioma cases have been |
| increase the risk of having mesothelioma. In earlier | | | | reported every year as a result of the negligence of |
| times, some of the brands of cigarettes have used | | | | the relevant authorities of this dreadful subject. |
| asbestos substances to manufacture their filters and | | | | |