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The predictions appear to be coming true: the incidence of mesothelioma is on the rise in certain parts of the UK, in line with predictions that the death rate would peak some time around 2015. As such, personal injury lawyers across the country have been busy taking on new cases trying to secure settlements for the people and families affected by this most deadly and dreadful of industrial diseases.
Both asbestos compensation specialists and the health and safety executive have noted the rise, which although far from surprising, has nonetheless helped bring home the sheer tragedy and suffering caused by asbestos, a substance that as far back as 1912 British industrialists knew to have fatal consequences for exposed workers.
A leading personal injury lawyer comments on the surge, "Although we have known for years the mesothelioma death rate was set to peak sometime around 2015, seeing the cold, hard statistics always brings home the extent of the problem we continue to face in the UK."
Interestingly, the lawyer said that the type of claimant has changed, with an increase in the number of people who did not work directly with the substance being diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases. "
We are increasingly seeing cases involving younger people who worked in old buildings like schools and hospitals while there is a rise in cases where family members have been exposed to the deadly fibers brought home on the overalls of their husband or father. We must not stop fighting for justice for the victims and their families whose lives have been torn apart by this disease," she said.
What this indicates, if we did not already know, is that asbestos is not a localised tragedy or even one that has only affected particular kinds of workers, it is one that has had a devastating national effect on whole families, communities and generations right through to the 21st century.
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