Mesothelioma Advice Protect Yourself

Water damage, construction, or demolition of an older building that contains asbestos creates dust and airborne asbestos. Avoiding these situations is crucial to maintaining your health. If you need to remove asbestos from your home there are many companies that specialize in asbestos removal.  These are certified professionals that have gone through training to remove asbestos. If you have asbestos in your home you need to use a company that specializes in its removal. Never remove asbestos yourself, this will put your family and neighbors at risk of an asbestos injury.

If you live in an older home chances are your walls, siding or other areas contain asbestos. This is not known to be dangerous because the asbestos is not airborne. It is when these materials crack and the asbestos becomes airborne that it is hazardous.  There are contractors who can test the air in your home for asbestos levels.

Removing asbestos yourself is extremely dangerous and needs to be done by someone who specializes in asbestos removal.  This usually requires sections of the building to be closed off with plastic and ventilating the area with a filtered exhaust. The area is often dampened to minimize dust. All workers wear disposable clothing and filtered respiratory protection. All people and objects leaving the area of the asbestos jobs are washed down. The water goes through several filtering systems before it is released into the sewer. If these precautions weren’t taken during removal have the asbestos air levels checked in your home and contact a mesothelioma lawyer and locate the construction company.

Before you consider removing asbestos watch this video to understand how asbestos fibers enter and remain in the lungs. If you have been exposed to airborne asbestos in your home or at work seek mesothelioma legal advice and consult a doctor.

Mesothelioma advice, minimize asbestos exposure by awareness of asbestos products.

List of Products containing Asbestos:

Acoustical Plaster

Adhesives

Asphalt Floor Tile

Base Flashing

Cement Pipes

Cement Wallboard

Cement Siding

Construction Mastics (floor tile, carpet, ceiling tile, etc.)

Ceiling Tiles and Lay-in Panels

Chalkboards

Cooling Towers

Caulking/Putties

Decorative Plaster

Ductwork Flexible Fabric Connections

Electrical Panel Partitions

Elevator Brake Shoes

Electrical Cloth

Elevator Equipment Panels

Fire Blankets

Fire Curtains

Fireproofing Materials

Fire Doors Flooring Backing

Heating and Electrical Ducts

High-Temperature

Gaskets

Insulation

Blown-in Insulation

Boiler Insulation

Breaching Insulation

Spray-Applied Insulation

Pipe Insulation

Electric Wiring Insulation

HVAC Duct Insulation

Joint Compounds

Laboratory Hoods/Tabletops

Laboratory Gloves

Packing Materials (for wall/floor penetrations)

Roofing Felt

Roofing Shingles

Spackling Compounds

Textured Paints/Coatings

Thermal Paper Products

Taping Compounds (thermal)

Vinyl Floor Tile

Vinyl Sheet Flooring

Vinyl Wall Coverings

Wallboard