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Asbestos Exposure in Texas

Texas Asbestos Exposure Areas
Do you think you might have been exposed to asbestos? See a list with the areas containing asbestos throughout Texas.
Texas Asbestos Exposure Companies
Have you been exposed to asbestos at work? See a list with asbestos companies in Texas.
Asbestos Exposure Professions in TX
Professions that might have exposed you to asbestos? See a list with the professions that may have wrongfully exposed you to dangerous levels of asbestos.
Texas Asbestos Exposure Power Plants
See a list with the power plants containing asbestos throughout Texas. Locations of power plants may affect your health!

Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) Seeks Mesothelioma Case Dismissal

The news source iNews Connect reported that Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) has announced that it will seek to overturn a jury verdict against it in a Texas asbestos case.

Steve Baron who is the head of prosecuting firm’s asbestos litigation section said that it was Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) who wrote in 1968 that the reason behind any death due to mesothelioma will be asbestos, knowing the harmful effects of asbestos they continued to expose their workers to asbestos for decades thereafter and this resulted in the harmful disease called mesothelioma in its workers.Mesothelioma remains one of the incurable diseases till date.

According to Steve he always aimed at reaching a pretrial agreement with the other side, but Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) refused to settle, so he presented the case to the jury.

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer which affects the lining of lungs. It is also called malignant mesothelioma. Approximately 2000 to 3000 cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed in USA which is 3 percent of total cancer cases.

The life expectancy in mesothelioma cancer is approximately one year. There are three types of Mesothelioma namely pleural, peritoneal and pericardial. The basic cause of mesothelioma is inhalation of asbestos fibers. Asbestos fibers are tiny fibers which on inhalation lodge themselves in the linings of lungs and remain there for very long time and for lifetime in some cases. After lodging these fibers develop scar issues in the linings of lungs which causes tumor to grow in these linings. The worst part of this type of disease is that it is incurable and it takes decades to present itself. Sometimes it is misdiagnosed with other diseases like cold, pneumonia and other diseases like them, this due to resemblance of the symptoms of mesothelioma and other diseases. The only option for patients of this kind of disease is to participate in various clinical trials that are help to test new treatments for this disease.