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Asbestosis' true
Asbestosis is an asbetos-related disease and may be considered as an occupational disease too since the most cases occur among people who worked with asbestos or their families, but there are cases of people who developed it, without have been in...
Living In Fear Of Mesothelioma
Living In Fear Of Mesothelioma
First of all, you may be wondering what mesothelioma is, and why I should be scared of it ?.....
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is the medical name for cancer of the lung, and is usually caused by exposure to...
Mesothelioma Types
Mesothelioma Types Exposure to asbestos or asbestos related products can cause a rare type of cancer called Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is separated into two groups, malignant and benign. The three main types of malignant mesotheliomas are...
What is Malignant Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma is a disease in which malignant cancer cells are found in the mesothelium. The mesothelium is a protective sac that covers most of the bodies major organs. The mesothelium is made up of two layers of cells: One layer immediately...
What treatments are available for mesothelioma victims?
Mesothelioma is touted as deadly because most of the cases
are diagnosed when in advanced stage and doctors have little
solace to offer by then. Still doctors try to do their best
to relieve the patients from severe pain of mesothelioma
using...
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Work and Asbestos-related diseases, Part Two
The Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario, for instance,
states that asbestos is classified as a designated substance in
some workplaces. Hence employers are obliged to provide safety
measures when they use a designated substance like asbestos.
The employer can only keep the amount of asbestos dust low, in
order to reduce or decrease the possibilities of its workers of
getting ill due to asbestos fibers inhalation or swallowing.
Designated Substances are hazardous substances that can be a
biological, chemical or physical agent or combination thereof
prescribed as a designated substance to which the exposure of a
worker is prohibited, regulated, restricted, limited or
controlled. Some regulations specify different procedures to
control designated substances such as Acrylonitrile, Arsenic,
Asbestos, Asbestos - Construction, Building and Repair, Benzene,
Coke Oven Emissions, Ethylene Oxide, Isocyanates, Lead, Mercury,
Silica and Vinyl Chloride among others.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act mentioned states that the
employer has to review the work methods and assess the
likelihood of worker exposure, when a designated substance such
as asbestos is present in the workplace.
The control program, when there are risks of worker exposure to
hazardous minerals like asbestos that can produce asbestosis or
another asbestos-related diseases (malignant mesothelioma cancer
for instance), must include engineering controls, work
practices, hygiene practices, record keeping and
medical
surveillance.
In conclusion, the Occupational Health and Safety Act mentioned
states that the employer has to review the works methods and so
on, but who is worried about the measures to take in houses´
asbestos workers, certainly in a passive way asbestos workers
carry asbestos particles in their clothes into houses, in fact
later of 30-50 years carring these particles this could develop
the ill in members of their families, so The Occupational Health
and Safety does its job, but we must be aware too and do ours.
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