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Diving into the Shadows: Asbestos and Veterans Venturing into the corridors of history reveals asbestos as a silent adversary in military arenas during the sprawling 20th-century landscape. This material, praised for its heat-defying talents, infiltrated ships, aircraft, and living quarters like barracks—all pervading spaces of service members. Entrenched in unique vulnerabilities, veterans...

Understanding Mesothelioma and Its Impact Mesothelioma, an uncommon yet fierce cancer, targets the mesothelium, the delicate membrane enveloping most internal organs. Predominantly, it assaults the lung lining (pleural mesothelioma); nevertheless, it may also emerge within the abdomen (peritoneal mesothelioma), encircle the heart (pericardial mesothelioma), or even manifest in the testicles...