How many exposed to asbestos have an autoimmune disease I wonder. Some Autoimmune diseases are also treated with chemotherapy meds too and are as equally devastating and can be fatal too without proper and timely treatment.

There was a wood composite board, a wood cement board, used by shipbuilders that contained asbestos and silica called Marinite i think. What about the wood machinsts that machined/sawed this board which was for Cammell Laird shipbuilders. I wonder how many have autoimmune diseases?

Did your mother possibly get household secondhand asbestos exposure from her father when she was a child or her spouse later in life or some other family memeber who worked with or around asbestos containing products?

A person who worked in the plumbing business likely had some asbestos exposure over the years, and not much exposure is needed for mesothelioma to develop — unlike asbestosis, which generally requires five years or more of regular daily work being exposed to asbestos dust.

I hope this information is helpful.

Tom Lamb
Wilmington, NC
USA