Asbestosis has been reported primarily in asbestos workers, and appears to require long-term exposure, high concentration for the development of the clinical disease.
At about the same time, what was probably the first study of mortality among asbestos workers was reported in France.
Big Jim soon found a new job as an asbestos worker, taking the family to various construction sites throughout the South.
Families of asbestos workers can also be exposed from particles brought home on the worker's clothing.
In families of asbestos workers, exposure can also occur from particles brought home on the worker's clothing.
The untrained asbestos workers posed a threat both to themselves and, if their work was shoddy, to others, authorities said.
The agency also licenses asbestos contractors and certifies asbestos workers.
The doctor was blunt with the asbestos workers and labor leaders.
Since 1963 he has been in the forefront of documenting the abnormally high death rate of asbestos workers.
A larger study of several hundred asbestos workers also found abnormally high rates of death and cancer.