Even
secondary exposure to asbestos can lead to health problems or death.
Not exact matches
Workers usually were exposed
to the harmful natural mineral while on the job, but others, including their family members, also faced
secondary exposures at home and environmental
exposures in communities that mined or processed
asbestos.
Secondary asbestos exposure occurs when someone directly exposed
to asbestos at work, with the fibers embedded into their clothing and hair, exposes other people in their home.
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled companies should not be held liable for damages allegedly related
to secondary asbestos exposure.
According
to the ruling, while there were several federal statues regulating
asbestos enacted after 1970, none of them were cited by the plaintiffs as a public policy basis giving rise
to a duty for
secondary asbestos exposure.
«They contend Reynolds breached this duty by failing
to warn father about the dangers of
secondary asbestos exposure.