What Is Secondary Exposure to Asbestos?
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Dr. Marcelo Dasilva
Mesothelioma specialist Dr. Marcelo DaSilva explains how secondary asbestos exposure sometimes leads to the development of mesothelioma.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Patients sometimes have a family member who were highly exposed to mesothelioma, and I can think of at least three or four patients in which I've operated on. Although they were not directly exposed to asbestos, family member was and brought asbestos to the household. And that we call cross-contamination of asbestos can lead to mesothelioma. [MUSIC PLAYING]
