Corel Medical Series: Cancer/Corel Medical Series: Cancer.iso/mac/Program/c26.dxr/00036_Field_SRC.c26.C.4.txt

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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.

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.