Asbestos Products

Flexible Duct Connectors

For many years, especially during the Second World War, asbestos was a common product used to manufacture many different things, including flexible duct connectors. These flexible duct connectors are a part of the heating and cooling systems in many buildings, including public offices and homes. However, while asbestos was, at the time, the most resilient and cost effective solution and product to make flexible duct connectors with, it is now known of the dangers to human health.

Asbestos has been largely removed from the public and a huge effort has been made to remove products made with asbestos from buildings and homes. However, because there were so many buildings constructed during the time that asbestos was commonly used, there is a possibility that some buildings and homes still contain asbestos laden products such as flexible duct connectors. The use of asbestos in flexible duct connectors is especially bad because of the fact that the flexible duct connectors are part of the air delivery systems in many buildings.

Asbestos fibers are very strong and very thin - when they dislodge into the air, and especially through a flexible duct connector, they easily float into the air that we breathe and are inhaled. When inhaled, there's a possibility that these fibers become lodged in the lining of the lungs, heart or abdomen, called the mesothelium. Eventually, the lodged fibers cause inflammation and can cause asbestos-exposure related diseases such as mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that is only caused by asbestos exposure. It is notably a rare cancer, only making up three per cent of annual cancer-related deaths, however there are approximately 2,000 new cases of mesothelioma reported each year in the United States. While mesothelioma can only be attributed to asbestos exposure, not everyone exposed to asbestos gets this cancer or another asbestos related disease. In fact, there is no direct relationship to the amount of asbestos exposure and the risks of getting a disease such as asbestosis or mesothelioma. There are plenty of people who had daily, massive exposure to asbestos, such as people who manufactured flexible duct connectors, who never contract one of these diseases. Subsequently on the other hand, there are people who had very limited asbestos exposure that have contracted mesothelioma.

Products like flexible duct connectors have been around for many years, and because mesothelioma symptoms take between 15 and 40 years to appear, it can be very difficult to pin point the cause of the cancer - the product that exposed you to asbestos. However, there is help. A mesothelioma lawyer is skilled at finding the cause of your cancer or illness and helping you with a lawsuit. The money you win in a lawsuit won't restore your health or bring back a loved one that you've lost to mesothelioma, however the money can help you with the financial impact mesothelioma and other asbestos related diseases caused by flexible duct connectors have had on your family. Medical expenses, lost wages and funeral costs can be very devastating to a family on top of losing their loved one - a mesothelioma lawyer can help you launch proceedings against the companies responsible for your pain and suffering.

If you, or someone you love has mesothelioma, asbestosis or any asbestos related illness and worked with, constructed with, helped to manufacture or worked near flexible duct connectors, contact a qualified mesothelioma lawyer today.

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