I'm asking this because in 2003, my dad died of lung cancer. He was an insulator and was exposed to asbestos for many years without knowing. We are still in the middle of a lawsuit and next month we have to go to court for something called Work-mans Comp. Some of the people my dad worked with are lying and won't admit that they too worked with asbestos at the time my dad did. They are afraid they'll lose their job because some of the men are still working for the company, so they are going to lie on the stand, even though one of the guys was the best man at my parents wedding. They are going to say he died because he was a smoker. The thing is, even though he was, the specialist who reviewed my dads Autopsy report said that the asbestos had something to do with it whether he was a smoker or not.

My mom is now older than my dad was when he died (he was 45) and she is still alive and she's a smoker, and so are many other of his friends who are his age and smoke. I was just wondering what age people usually die of lung cancer due to smoking? I think it could help with the case, but I'm not really sure. I'm just looking for all the answers I can get so I can kind of see if we have a good chance or not. We've been waiting five years for this to go through and we've been struggling to get by, especially with this economy. I would rather have my dad back, but he wanted this for us because he couldn't be here to support us. He wouldn't want my mom to struggle like she has. We are about to lose our house, so if we win, everything would be okay. I need advice or someone elses opinion on what might happen.

Thanks in advance

-Tammy
The lawsuit is separate from the Work-mans comp, sorry if I made it sound like it was just one thing. What I'm basically worried about is the Work-mans comp. I just wanted to clear that up, sorry.

I recently moved into an older home. the upstairs was finished, with tile flooring. They were coming loose in many spots, so i put on a dust mask and removed them all. After my parents came over, my dad told me they were probably asbestos tile (9x9 inch). I disposed of them properly, but am wondering if i am going to get lung cancer from this in 10 or 20 years?

I have never before been exposed to asbestos in any way (automotive, school or another house)

thanks in advance
i wore the mask, but not after i removed all the tile. I was told the dust remains in the air for days, and i was up there 7 days with out a mask after cleaning the tile, while vacuuming and cleaning the walls and what not.

I recently moved into an older home. the upstairs was finished, with tile flooring. They were coming loose in many spots, so i put on a dust mask and removed them all. After my parents came over, my dad told me they were probably asbestos tile (9x9 inch). I disposed of them properly, but am wondering if i am going to get lung cancer from this in 10 or 20 years?

I have never before been exposed to asbestos in any way (automotive, school or another house)

thanks in advance

We had the acoustic ceiling stuff tested at a lab and it came back with 'trace' amounts of chrysotile. This means there was less than 1% asbestos. I have no idea if this is a lot or not. I understand asbestos is a cancer danger and that you don't want to breathe the stuff. My question is how dangerous would it be to remove the ceiling stuff ourselves? We'd really like to get it out of one of the bedrooms, not the whole house necessarily. I also understand that you can pay to have professionals do the job, which isn't really an option for budget reasons.

My plan would be to wet down the ceiling and scrape the stuff into a plastic bag and get it out of the house before it dries. We'd wear masks and goggles and gloves. Anyone know if this is completely foolish or actually reasonable? Sources would probably help with this answer if you happen to have any. Thanks in advance.

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