Pasadena is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County, a county known for having more asbestos-related deaths than any other California county. In effect, Pasadena is part of the county with the most asbestos-related deaths in a state that has lost more lives to asbestos than any other state in the nation.

Pasadena’s own history as an important WWII staging ground and significant industrial growth in the post-WWII decades reveal how Pasadena’s own issues with asbestos have contributed to the harms suffered in Los Angeles County.

Why Is Asbestos Exposure Harmful?

To outline why asbestos exposure is harmful, one must first understand how it came to be so widely used. Asbestos is a mineral that was highly regarded for its durable nature and heat/chemical-resistant nature, making it the seemingly perfect fit for building and construction projects.

For this reason, countless military, industrial and construction jobsites across the country relied on asbestos-containing materials during construction. This regular usage, however, becomes hazardous to human health when asbestos materials are disturbed, which releases tiny asbestos fibers into the air.

Humans who are exposed to the asbestos can then swallow or inhale the fibers all too easily. This is the process by which asbestos can enter the human body and cause the following diseases, all of which can be fatal:

• Mesothelioma
• Asbestosis
• Asbestos-related lung cancer

Mesothelioma is particularly deadly, as this form of cancer occurs once asbestos affects the internal body cavity lining and cells of the victim. Research shows that asbestos that enters the body in this manner may never leave, starting the lengthy process of transforming previously healthy cells into mutated and cancerous mesothelioma cells.

This process can take as much as five decades, and the average mesothelioma diagnosis occurs approximately four decades after exposure to asbestos. Once the transformation completes, however, the disease claims many lives. California Department of Public Health findings highlight that an estimated 200 of the 350 per year average of California workers diagnosed with mesothelioma die because of this awful disease.

Pasadena Asbestos Exposure

Jobsites in Pasadena that are known to have exposed workers to the dangers of asbestos include:

• Broadway Steam Plant
• City of Pasadena Power Plant
• First Baptist Church
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber
• Pasadena and Los Angeles Railway Company
• Shell Oil Refinery

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos in Pasadena, talk to a Pasadena mesothelioma lawyer.

Talk to a Pasadena Mesothelioma Lawyer

The Ledger Law Firm represents mesothelioma victims and their loved ones whose diagnosis was caused by any and all responsible parties. California law also entitles loved ones to sue if they were diagnosed with mesothelioma because a family member brought asbestos home on their work clothes.

Billions in trust fund assets are set aside to compensate California victims, and our team will help you prove that your mesothelioma was caused by another party’s legal wrongdoing. This evidence will help you receive the funds to which you are entitled.

Contact us online today to receive justice for a wrongful asbestos exposure in Pasadena that caused your mesothelioma or asbestos-related disease.