Mesothelioma is highly aggressive malignant disease with a long latency period and very short life expectancy. Life expectancy is a prognosis of how long patients with this disease would live after getting diagnosis. This prognosis is based on statistic information about similar cases. One of the major factors that influence…
European Compensation Systems For Asbestos Claims
In Europe the order of compensating is the same for all occupational diseases, including asbestos related ones. Such cases are covered by insurance and victims of asbestos exposure get payments from their employers’ insurers. However, the Netherlands decided to develop their own system for processing asbestos claims. It is called…
Regulations for Recognizing Diseases Caused By Exposure To Asbestos in Europe
Recognizing diseases correctly is highly important in various types of asbestos issues. The nature of asbestos is not studied properly yet, there are a lot of scientific doubts regarding the link between asbestos and various diseases that are considered as asbestos-related. However, some facts in this area already have been…
Mesothelioma Cancer Claims in France
In France the problem of asbestos exposure is rather important as still over 1,000 companies use or manufacture products that contain this harmful material. Employees who work in such places retire at the age of 50 due to the hazardous industry. Such workers are not the only claimants, because such…
Asbestos Lawsuits In The UK
The United Kingdom is the country where asbestos was never mined. However, it was widely used in a few branches of industry. The biggest risk of asbestos exposure was in shipbuilding and vehicle building industries. The rates of death from mesothelioma (malignant disease caused by asbestos fibers) are six times…
Popular Myths About Malignant Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma still causes a lot of questions and guesses, even among scientists, because it hasn’t been fully studied yet. Common people are very misinformed, and even having some knowledge on this subject, still spread a lot of misconceptions. Not knowing true facts about malignant mesothelioma can play a low-down trick…
Mesothelioma Treatment Costs
There are many problems in modern treatment methods for malignant mesothelioma. First of all, they do not provide any guarantees for full recovery, even with all innovations and alternative therapies. Second problem is that the most of methods are highly aggressive and require long recovery, as chemotherapy or surgeries seriously…
Diseases Caused By Asbestos in Lungs
Since 1999 all kinds of asbestos are forbidden for use in Europe. Indeed, new buildings are constructed without asbestos in the walls, pipes or ceiling, and there is no industry that uses this mineral for producing various products. However, the risk of getting asbestos in lungs is still high, as…
Control of Exposure to Asbestos in Europe
In April 2012 the Control of Asbestos Regulations came in force. Its purpose was to enforce the control of exposure to asbestos in Europe and check the compliance with the requirements adopted for manufacturers and employers. This resolution contained changes to the previously existed Directive that came in force in…