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Although asbestos is a widely proliferated material, and it has many devastating effects. A few staggering facts about asbestos and mesothelioma include:
-Over 10,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with mesothelioma or other asbestos-related conditions each year, with about 3,000 cases in the US alone.
-Over 110,000 schools in the United States are estimated to still contain some form of asbestos.
-Although cigarette smoking is not a direct cause of mesothelioma, smokers that are exposed to asbestos have a 50-90% increase in the likelihood of developing lung cancers.
-Asbestos use has been totally banned or highly regulated in many industrialized countries around the world.
-Post-diagnosis survival of mesothelioma is measured in months, because by the time the cancer is detected it is too advanced to obtain a cure.
-Because of the long dormancy of mesothelioma, experts speculate that there will be an increase of cases for the next 20 to 30 years.
-The first lawsuit regarding asbestos injury was filled in 1966 in Texas against Johns-Manville, Fibreboard, Owens Corning Fibreglas and several other manufacturers.
-Mesothelioma settlements range from between $750,000 and $8 million.
-More than half a million asbestos cases have been filed, with 50,000 in 1998 alone.
-Up to 8 million people in the United States have been exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos. Asbestos still continues to pose a threat to workers in certain occupations.
-New legislation before the Senate of the United States called the Hatch Bill could potentially limit the amount of compensation victims of asbestos-related diseases could receive.
-During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of military personnel were exposed to asbestos on a large scale. Many of these ex service men are now beginning to come down with the symptoms of asbestos-related diseases.
-Many asbestos companies knew the dangers of their products, but downplayed the role asbestos played in many illnesses so as to maximize profits.
-The first reported death caused by asbestos exposure was documented in medical journals in 1924.
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