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- At Significantly Higher Risk
- Anyone exposed to asbestos fibers, even for a few months, particularly:
- • Miners and millers in contact with asbestos.
- • Producers of asbestos products.
- • Laborers who install plumbing, boilers and heating equipment in ships, factories and homes.
- • Workers who are near the material but do not handle it directly (carpenters, electricians and shipyard welders,
- for example).
- • Heating and construction tradespeople.
- • People living near asbestos mines have an increased chance of developing asbestosis , the associated scarring of
- the lung, as well as mesothelioma.
- • Inhabitants of the Anatoli region of Turkey, where zeolite is found in the soil and in homes.
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- At Somewhat Higher Risk
- • Spouses and children of asbestos workers presumably because of asbestos fibers brought home in the hair and
- on clothing.
- • Demolition workers and workers who repair structures that contain asbestos.
- • Although smoking greatly increases the risk of lung cancer in asbestos workers, it does not increase the risk of
- mesothelioma.
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