Asbestos has been manufactured in over 100 countries and used in over 24 countries worldwide well into the 20th century despite its relationship to the cause of asbestosis. The mind-blowing act that more than 5 million tones of asbestos was manufactured annually in the mid 20th century proves the utter disregard that the producers had for their employees and workers. Shipping, demolition, insulation and building industrial conglomerates failed to take adequate precautions and preventive measures to protect their workforce from workplace injury.
The effects of asbestosis are not apparent immediately. They take time to manifest and unveil the havoc. Diagnosis is often difficult and takes time by which the disease is rendered incurable. Since the height of asbestos usage was in 1960s and 70s, many asbestos workers are awaiting their fate with asbestosis and more and more cases are coming to the fore now.
The victims of asbestosis are entitled to compensation for irregularities of their companies in providing safer working conditions which has left them exposed to the harmful effects of asbestos years ago.