Because the disease has a very long latency period, mesothelioma usually develops in older people who worked decades earlier in jobs like construction, shipbuilding, oil refining, manufacturing, or automotive service.
Veterans also have a relatively high incidence of mesothelioma, particularly among those who worked aboard ships, in motor pools, construction and demolition, and in combat roles around the world.
Until the 1970s and 1980s, work sites and materials used in making thousands of products were heavily contaminated with asbestos, and exposure was common and chronic.
A generation of older Americans is bearing the cost of this, but you have rights to compensation for injuries sustained in a workplace years or decades ago.
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