Firefighters are exposed to dangers and risks every day of their working lives, but one that few people consider is their heightened risk of exposure to asbestos. So many fire and emergency services personnel have contracted a range of different health problems from their asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure carries with it the risk of developing serious lung diseases, including mesothelioma, a rare cancer with no known cure. Find out more about mesothelioma causes.

Asbestos.com features over 3,500 pages of content, news and information on asbestos, mesothelioma, and other cancers that are caused by occupational asbestos exposure (lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, etc.). Unlike other sites, Asbestos.com has achieved HON code approval (Health On the Net (HON) Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that works to preserve the accuracy and trustworthiness of Web-based medical information).