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More than 110,000 schools in the U.S. still contain some form of asbestos.

Welcome to the California Mesothelioma Help Center. We have helped many people get experienced legal and medical help for their mesothelioma cancer and asbestos cancer cases. We will actually walk you the process of contacting an experienced California mesothelioma lawyer that we have worked with to get you the best possible settlement for your mesothelioma case.

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It is not uncommon for there to be 10-20 parties that are named in a mesothelioma lawsuit that are located across the United States. For example, a worker in California may have been exposed to asbestos from asbestos products shipped from Libby, Montana or from an iron ore plant in St. Paul Minnesota. This is why it is very important to obtain an experienced California mesothelioma lawyer knows all of the companies in each state who have responsibility for your asbestos exposure.

Call us on our toll FREE number at 800.291.0963 for a free phone consultation 24 hours a day. We have helped people with mesothelioma cancer for more than five years. The Mesothelioma Help Center is designed to give you quick & simple answers about mesothelioma treatments, asbestos exposure, mesothelioma diagnosis, mesothelioma symptoms, mesothelioma doctors, and we can refer you to an experienced mesothelioma lawyer inCalifornia who has successfully settled mesothelioma cases.

MESOTHELIOMA QUICK FACTS:

• A majority of mesothelioma deaths occurred in California.
• Coastal communities in California, Florida and New Jersey had elevated mesothelioma mortality rates.
• In 1999 more then250 deaths were reported in California from malignant mesothelioma according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
• More than one-third of mesothelioma decedents were residents of just five states: California, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York andCalifornia.
• California Cancer Registry data to identify 2,908 cases of malignant mesothelioma diagnosed between 1988 and 1997 in adults ages 35 and older.
• The government did not begin to track mesothelioma as a separate cause of death until 1999.
• In most mesothelioma cases, the registry also provided occupational history.
• It is estimated that 27.5 million Americans were exposed to asbestos between 1940 and 1979.
• Mesothelioma has a latency period of 20 to 50 years after the first exposure to asbestos.
• It is estimated that there will be about 250,000 cases of Mesothelioma before 2020.
• Through 2003, more than 700,000 People have filed claims against more than 6,000 Asbestos companies. These same companies knew of the dangers for many years before ever warning the public of those risks.
• During the 20th century, some 30 million tons of asbestos were used in industrial sites, homes, schools, shipyards and commercial buildings in the United States.
• Many asbestos-containing products remain in buildings, ships, industrial facilities and other environments where the fibers can become airborne.
• It is thought that around eight million people in the United States have been exposed to asbestos over the past half a century, and many more cases - are expected to be reported in the next 25 years.
• The first known asbestos lawsuit was in 1929 in New Jersey.

 

 

The California Mesothelioma Help Center is not designed to provide medical advice and is intended to be for educational use only. The information provided through the California Mesothelioma Help Center is not a substitute for professional care and should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or a disease. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health problem we can refer you to a mesothelioma doctor or lawyer in California.