Any guesses for one of the highest compensated diseases in America? Well the answer is mesothelioma and this site deals with it. According to wikipedia mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Mesothelioma cancer most occurs on some site called pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).
Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products. Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking. Asbestos is a naturally occurring, fibrous mineral that can only be identified under a microscope. Asbestos is found in the ground and is mined all over the world. For decades, people have continued to suffer serious health effects and were killed as a result of the malignant mesothelioma disease. Because little was known about mesothelioma, victims and their families were unable to seek mesothelioma support. Today