he explosion of mesothelioma and other asbestos cancers in the U.S. and abroad has created law firms that fight for victims' rights to recover damages caused by alleged corporate disregard for human life and well-being in the name of profits.This corporate malfeasance becomes horribly clear when it is understood that the toxic properties of asbestos have been known and documented since the days of the Roman Empire.
The Romans were fascinated by the "magic mineral" that would not burn, yet could be woven into fabric like cotton or wool. Patricians knew the price of working with the substance, however; what the modern world knows as asbestos-related illness was called "The Slaves' Disease" by those in ancient Rome.Call us at (888) 360-4215 to speak with a mesothelioma paralegal
The modern history of asbestos litigation starts in the late 19th Century. After half a century of asbestos manufacture and use as a building material, physicians were starting to see increasing numbers of respiratory illnesses among those who worked with asbestos. By 1897, a medical study by doctors in Italy identified asbestos dust as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory mesothelioma disease in a community of asbestos weavers. The same cause and effect was identified in British asbestos factories during the first ten years of the 20th Century.
By the 1920's, studies in the U.S. showed that asbestos workers were dying prematurely at a significantly higher rate than the general population, and by 1940, it was clear that asbestos exposure was the cause behind such deaths. Nonetheless, this mesothelioma information was suppressed by corporations for another quarter-century. After a 1977 discovery of what came to be known as "The Asbestos Pentagon Papers" at the corporate headquarters of the Raybestos-Manhattan Company however, the truth could no longer be hidden
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