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About Asbestos | New York City Personal Injury

Joseph Williams | 523 Views | 07/18/2016

What is Asbestos?

You or perhaps a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and you’ve been told that mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos. What is asbestos? Hi, I’m Joe Williams. I’m a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City. I can answer this question. To answer the question the first thing I can tell you about asbestos is that it’s a mineral. What that means is it’s a rock and it’s a rock that was mined out of the ground primarily in South Africa and Canada. Now there were other asbestos mines throughout the world but those are the two primary ones that we see in asbestos cases here in the United States. This mineral, this rock, asbestos came to be know as the magic mineral. The reason why asbestos came to be known as the magic mineral is for two very important properties that asbestos has. One, it’s a tremendous insulator. Asbestos fibers can’t be burn with a blow torch, it can’t be destroyed. So it’s a perfect insulator. Two, asbestos has tremendous strength, tensile strength and it was used in various products throughout the United States for those two properties. Insulating and strength. Workers in industries, in various trades were exposed to asbestos from these asbestos fibers and they later in life contracted mesothelioma. Asbestos is an industrial toxin, a poison, a carcinogen that causes mesothelioma. I’m sure you have many more questions about asbestos and the different properties of asbestos as well as mesothelioma. We can answer your questions. You should pick up the phone and call the number listed on your screen below, that’s my office number. I’m Joe Williams and we handle these cases everyday for victims of mesothelioma. This is what we do everyday. I hope you found this video informative. Thank you for listening.

About Asbestos | New York City Personal Injury

What is Asbestos?

You or perhaps a family member have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and you’ve been told that mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos. What is asbestos? Hi, I’m Joe Williams. I’m a mesothelioma trial attorney in New York City. I can answer this question. To answer the question the first thing I can tell you about asbestos is that it’s a mineral. What that means is it’s a rock and it’s a rock that was mined out of the ground primarily in South Africa and Canada. Now there were other asbestos mines throughout the world but those are the two primary ones that we see in asbestos cases here in the United States. This mineral, this rock, asbestos came to be know as the magic mineral. The reason why asbestos came to be known as the magic mineral is for two very important properties that asbestos has. One, it’s a tremendous insulator. Asbestos fibers can’t be burn with a blow torch, it can’t be destroyed. So it’s a perfect insulator. Two, asbestos has tremendous strength, tensile strength and it was used in various products throughout the United States for those two properties. Insulating and strength. Workers in industries, in various trades were exposed to asbestos from these asbestos fibers and they later in life contracted mesothelioma. Asbestos is an industrial toxin, a poison, a carcinogen that causes mesothelioma. I’m sure you have many more questions about asbestos and the different properties of asbestos as well as mesothelioma. We can answer your questions. You should pick up the phone and call the number listed on your screen below, that’s my office number. I’m Joe Williams and we handle these cases everyday for victims of mesothelioma. This is what we do everyday. I hope you found this video informative. Thank you for listening.