This duty includes obligations to monitor and ventilate the working environment, and to provide employees with adequate protection, such as an airhood, where necessary. To the extent that an employer fails in this duty and an employee suffers asthma as a result, the employer will be obliged to compensate the employee. Back to top Asbestos-Related Lung Disease Claims Prolonged exposure to asbestos can cause any of several forms of lung disease. The most serious of these is an incurable form of lung cancer called mesothelioma. Another serious and often fatal disease caused by asbestos is asbestosis, an alteration in the structure of the lung that impedes respiration.
Pleural plaque is more common than mesothelioma and asbestosis.
It is a fibrous thickening of the pleura or lung lining. The industries in which workers are potentially exposed to asbestos include building insulation, building renovation, cement manufacturing, tile manufacturing and coachbuilding. An employer is under a legal duty to take reasonable care to protect his employees from harm caused by exposure to asbestos in the course of their work. This duty includes obligations to monitor and adequately ventilate the working environment, and to provide employees with adequate protection. Critical Thinking Presentations Peter Duff has written a book on critical thinking called The Sophistry Detective s Manual .