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Important Mesothelioma Facts
- Through 2003, more than 700,000 people filed claims against more than 6,000 companies. Asbestos companies knew of the dangers for many years before ever warning the public of those risks.
- About 4,000 people die from Mesothelioma every year.
- It is estimated that 27.5 million Americans were exposed to asbestos between 1940 and 1979.
- There are currently about 3,000 new cases of Mesothelioma diagnosed per year, mostly in men over the age of 40.
- Mesothelioma has a latency period of 20 to 50 years after the first exposure to asbestos.
- During the twentieth century, some 30 million tons of asbestos were used in industrial sites, homes, schools, shipyards and commercial buildings in the United States. Many asbestos-containing products remain in industrial sites, homes, schools, shipyards and commercial buildings where the fibers can become airborne.
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