New York And Asbestos Exposure
The powerhouses, plants, shipyards and construction sites at New York are places where people are exposed to asbestos. The manufacturers did not feel the responsibility to inform the workmen about this workplace hazard and even did not bother to provide the workmen with proper respiratory equipments to protect them from the dangerous dust of asbestos fibers.
Asbestos exposure causes a number of harmful diseases and Mesothelioma, a type of cancer is the most tragic of all these diseases. The last couple of decades have experienced the death of ten thousand male and female workers due to Mesothelioma, every year there is a steady statistics showing new diagnoses of Mesothelioma cases, and the number varies between two and three thousand.
The common mineral used in many industrial activities was asbestos and it had a harmful nation wide impact in the form of Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma has injured New York State the most with its cruel claws. New York State has been the storehouse of a wide variety of natural and mineral resources, which have attracted many manufacturers and encouraged them to set up manufacturing units in New York.
New York State has always extended its hands of help to all the flourishing businesses and to the US Military force as well. But is really very painful to note that New York stands third in the nation to administer asbestos related Mesothelioma deaths. Bronx County, - New York County, Suffolk County, Queens County, Onondaga County, Niagara County are the counties in New York which have experienced the highest number of asbestos related deaths.
The above mentioned counties also top the lot when entire US is considered. As per estimates, at least 116,277 tons vermiculite was transported from Libby, MT to different locations in New York between the years 1948 and 1993. The world knows New York as one of the progressive states of the US but this tragedy can neither be denied nor be neglected.