Mesothelioma and Asbestos - A lethal connection

The most common cause of Mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos. Now, don't get nervous if you've been around asbestos once or twice in your life. It takes a continued and unprotected exposure to asbestos in order for it to cause Mesothelioma.
One of the things about Mesothelioma is that it has a long period of latency, meaning that the disease can remain dormant for years and even decades before its symptoms become apparent. Most people who have Mesothelioma are not even aware of for decades until its symptoms become apparent. That's why Mesothelioma usually appears in people who worked in asbestos saturated environment between 30-50 years ago. The dust and fibers associated with working around asbestos cause the cells of the mesothelium to mutate.
Mesothelioma is most common in men over 60 years old, because this age group worked with asbestos and in which Mesothelioma had time to develop through its latency period.
People who socialized with workers with asbestos are also at risk, for the dust and asbestos fibers cling to the clothes and hair and can be carried on the air to people in close proximity.