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Asbestos Network Site Map
The Asbestos Network will help you learn more about asbestos exposure, the different types of asbestos, asbestos diseases, and worker safety issues. You can also find resources such as support groups for asbestos victims and a list of medical centers. Use the site map below to locate the information you need.
Asbestos Network Home Page
Overview of asbestos diseases, asbestos resources, and jobs with high asbestos exposure risk.
Asbestos Defined
Description of asbestos fiber types and products.
- Types of Asbestos Fibers
- Describes common asbestos fibers and mineral families.
- History of Asbestos Use
- Asbestos use from ancient times to present.
- Medical Aspects
- How companies concealed medical problems caused by asbestos.
- Asbestos Products
- Types of consumer and commercial products containing asbestos.
Asbestos Exposure Risks
Explains asbestos exposure risk factors, latency period for asbestos diseases, and secondhand asbestos exposure.
- Asbestos Exposure Risks
- Risk factors for developing asbestos diseases.
- Occupational Hazards: Asbestos Exposure on the Job
- Lists industries with high asbestos exposure risk.
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- Construction
- Asbestos exposure of insulators, electricians, and other construction workers.
- Ships
- History of asbestos disease in shipyard workers and sailors.
- Railroads
- Asbestos brakes and insulation in railway cars.
- Automotive
- Asbestos in auto brakes and auto repair shops.
- Firefighters
- Asbestos exposure from burning and damaged building materials.
- Teachers
- Teachers may be exposed to asbestos dust in the classroom from worn, damaged or disturbed building materials.
- Mining
- Asbestos contamination of talc and vermiculite mines.
- Unions
- Discusses the unions' fight to reduce asbestos exposure hazards.
- Worker Safety
- Discusses construction and asbestos abatement standards, and why there is no safe level of asbestos exposure.
- Consumer Products Containing Asbestos
- Asbestos in small appliances and other household products.
- Asbestos in the Home
- Discusses asbestos in tiles, pipe, roofing, and other products and how to avoid asbestos exposure in your home.
- Public Places
- Asbestos in schools, roads, and buildings.
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- Asbestos Exposure in Schools
- Asbestos laws concerning schools.
- Roads Surfaced with Asbestos
- Asbestos in serpentine soil and in roads.
- Smoking and Asbestos
- How smoking increases the chances of developing asbestos diseases.
Health Issues
Discusses diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, and asbestosis.
- Asbestosis
- Describes how asbestosis progresses; also discusses asbestos pleural disease.
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- Asbestosis Diagnosis
- Discusses the development of asbestosis; detection of symptoms.
- Asbestosis Treatment
- Ways to lessen the pain of asbestosis, which is an incurable disease.
- Asbestos Lung Cancer
- How asbestos lung cancer develops.
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- Asbestos Lung Cancer Diagnosis
- Biopsy and imaging techniques to detect asbestos lung cancer.
- Asbestos Lung Cancer Treatment
- Improving the life of the asbestos lung cancer patient through surgery, chemotherapy, and other methods.
- Mesothelioma
- Describes mesothelioma and how it develops.
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- Mesothelioma Diagnosis
- The use of imaging and tissue sampling to detect mesothelioma.
- Mesothelioma Treatment
- Mesothelioma surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and other techniques.
Tools and Resources
Information and medical help for patients with asbestos diseases.
- Medical Centers
- Medical centers treating mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, and other asbestos diseases.
- Asbestos Support Groups
- Mesothelioma and cancer support groups for patients and their families.
- Glossary
- Medical terms concerning mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, and other cancers.
- Asbestos Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcies of companies manufacturing asbestos products.
- Asbestos Web Links
- Links to information about asbestos exposure, asbestos fiber types, and asbestos diseases.
Asbestos News
Legal, legislative, and medical news of interest to asbestos victims and their families.
- Legal
- Includes news about lawsuits by mesothelioma and asbestos lung cancer victims.
- Legislative
- Legislation concerning asbestos products, asbestos exposure, and asbestos claims.
- Medical
- Medical research about mesothelioma, asbestos lung cancer, and asbestosis.
About Brayton Purcell
Describes our legal staff and our firm’s philosophy.
- About the Firm: Our Asbestos Attorneys and Staff
- Our law firm goals and philosophy; how we help injured asbestos workers and their families.
- Contacting an Asbestos Lawyer
- Firm locations and other contact information.
- Request Information
- Online form to request information about your asbestos case.
- E–mail
- Send direct e–mail to Brayton Purcell.
- Disclaimer
- Explains our privacy policy and how our asbestos web site should be used.
- Privacy Policy
- Explains our current privacy policy.