Asbestos in General Automobile Parts
Inhaling asbestos fibers can cause mesothelioma cancer and other serious asbestos-related diseases.
But this inconvenient fact has not stopped it from being used in countless products – some logical, others absurd. While the fire safety benefits of asbestos cannot be argued, the costs of including it in everything from spray-on fireproofing and pipe lagging and to hair dryers and popcorn poppers has cost us, and will cost us, far more than we can ever imagine as a society – from the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the countless dollars spent on abatement, corporate bankruptcies, and healthcare costs. Mesothelioma attorneys have helped thousands of victims win an asbestos settlement to help pay medical bills and care for their families.
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Asbestos is still legal, and still dangerous
Among the many misconceptions about asbestos is that it’s a problem of the past. Asbestos is a legal substance in the United States, one of the only industrialized countries that have not banned asbestos. Although asbestos was phased out of use beginning in the late 1970s and 1980s, it can still be found in many products, including brake liners, roof cement, duct tape and many others. It is important to note that China and India, who make a large percentage of goods imported by the United States, have thriving and rapidly expanding asbestos industries. Asbestos has been found in numerous products sold here in the US in recent years, including children’s toys.
Mesothelioma attorneys are fighting back against asbestos companies
The companies that made these asbestos products knew for decades that they were killing and injuring their workers. So too did the US government. The only reason that the widespread, unregulated use of asbestos was halted in the 1970s is because of the huge avalanche of mesothelioma settlements that started the slow process of compensating some asbestos victims. Mesothelioma attorneys continue the fight today to help victim get the asbestos settlements they need and deserve.
If you or a family member worked with any of these products and have developed a respiratory illness as a result, you may be able to receive compensation through an asbestos settlement. Asbestos law has become a crucial asset in the fight against the willful negligence that exposed people to asbestos.