Occupational exposure is one of the primary ways a person can become exposed to asbestos. However, many people who did not work directly with asbestos have been exposed. For example, people working with or around products containing asbestos may bring the fibers home on their clothing thereby exposing other family members.

There are hundreds of Pacific Northwest and West Coast jobsites where asbestos products were widely used. Many of our clients were exposed to asbestos while serving in the Navy or while working in shipyards or at other major industrial sites like power plants, pulp and paper mills, oil refineries, aluminum plants, steel mills, and chemical plants. There are literally thousands of different industrial sites where asbestos products were used. Additionally, until the late 1970s asbestos was often incorporated into joint compounds and ceiling and wall textures, products that were widely used in commercial and residential construction and even home remodeling projects. Finally, asbestos was also contained in certain automotive brake linings and clutches.

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