Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center Now Urges Diagnosed Persons with Lung Cancer to Call Them About Compensation if They Had Asbestos Exposure at an Industrial Workplace or the Navy
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center says, "We are urging persons who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer to call us anytime at 800-714-0303 about potentially significant financial compensation if they were exposed to asbestos while serving in the US Navy or while working at an industrial workplace. When we say, 'significant financial compensation', we mean potentially tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation.
The types of people we are appealing to were exposed to asbestos in the navy or while working at an industrial workplace such as a shipyard, a steel mill, a power plant, an auto manufacturing facility, an aerospace company or as a skilled tradesman such as an electrician, welder, plumber, pipefitter, or a commercial insulator. If you have lung cancer because of exposure to asbestos at work or while serving in the navy, please take your potential compensation seriously and call us at 800-714-0303." http://LungCancerAsbestosVictimsCenter.Com
According to the American Lung Association, " Nonsmoking asbestos workers are five times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers not exposed to asbestos; if they also smoke, the risk factor jumps to 50 or higher. Environmental exposures also can increase the risk of lung cancer death." This year approximately 250,000 US citizens will be diagnosed with lung cancer. Of this group, the Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center estimates at least 10% of these people now have lung cancer because asbestos exposure. Aside from lung cancer, exposure to asbestos can lead to a rare form of cancer called mesothelioma. https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/statistics/index.htm.
High-risk work groups for exposure to asbestos include Veterans of the US Navy, power plant workers, shipyard workers, steel mill workers, oil refinery workers, factory workers, plumbers, electricians, welders, pipefitters, millwrights, pipefitters, miners, auto mechanics, machinists, pulp or paper mill workers, printers, firemen, rail road workers and construction workers. In most instances people with asbestos exposure lung cancer or mesothelioma were exposed to this mineral used in insulation in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s. http://LungCancerAsbestosVictimsCenter.Com
According to the CDC some of the top states for lung cancer include Oklahoma, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky and Louisiana Some of these states are also among the top states in the nation for mesothelioma.
However, a person with lung cancer or mesothelioma because of exposure to asbestos could live in any state including Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Maryland, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, Arizona, California, Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
For more information about potentially significant financial compensation a recently diagnosed person with lung cancer who had exposure to asbestos in the navy or at a manufacturing or industrial workplace or their family members are welcome to call the Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center at 800-714-0303. http://LungCancerAsbestosVictimsCenter.Com
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