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Many products were made decades ago that contain asbestos and many of those products are fire retardant products such as firefoil board. Firefoil board is a safety precaution that is used primarily in buildings to compartmentalize fires should they occur. Firefoil board is a fire resistant product that contained asbestos until the health concerns and dangers associated with asbestos were known. Firefoil board is installed in walls and ceilings of buildings to stop fires from spreading.

Asbestos was used to make firefoil board for many different reasons. Asbestos is resilient and cost efficient. The asbestos fibers are nearly imperishable and are a great fire retardant, making them extraordinary for use in firefoil board. However, now it is known that asbestos is detrimental to health and can cause severe health problems and diseases such as mesothelioma cancer.

Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lungs, abdomen or heart. It is considered to be an atypical type of cancer, however it accounts of three per cent of cancer related deaths each year and 2,000 new cases are reported yearly. The only known cause for mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. This lethal cancer does not respond to universal cancer treatments such as chemo and radiation therapies.

Many buildings made use of asbestos firefoil board as a preventative measure for fires and to keep fires from distributing throughout a occupied building. Today, firefoil board is made without asbestos, however there is a possibility that some buildings still have asbestos firefoil board in them, although there has been a big drive to remove asbestos products, such as firefoil board, from the public.

For people who erected buildings using asbestos firefoil board, and the workers who prepared asbestos firefoil board, there is a risk of mesothelioma cancer and other asbestos related diseases such as asbestosis. However, there is no direct relationship to the amount of asbestos exposure and the regularity or probability of being diagnosed with mesothelioma. There are people with very restricted asbestos firefoil board exposure that have been diagnosed, while others with recurrent or major exposure are never diagnosed.

It can take between 15 and 40 years for symptoms of mesothelioma cancer to appear, making it a main concern to establish the cause of the disease. Only asbestos exposure is linked to mesothelioma cancer, but in years past, there were many materials in buildings, including private and community buildings that used asbestos, including firefoil board.

When a person is diagnosed with mesothelioma, there is little that a doctor can do except to improve quality of life. For the families and loved ones of mesothelioma cancer victims, there is help. A skilled mesothelioma lawyer can help you commence proceedings for asbestos laden firefoil board that have caused mesothelioma in yourself or in your family member.

While money won in proceedings will not restore life, it can help to improve the quality of life for the victim as well as for the families by paying for medical expenditures, funeral costs and lost income.

Most firefoil board that used asbestos has been replaced with non-asbestos firefoil board and asbestos is no longer used to make this product. There is also a consistent flow of schooling regarding the use of asbestos and how to deal with it should you come across it. For many years there have been thousands of products that were made using asbestos making it difficult to narrow down the culprit causing the cancer.

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