Environmental Issue & Sick Building Syndrome Blog

August 1 Is World Lung Cancer Day

My father died of Asbestos related lung cancer. We were exposed because we were making buildings safe from fire and nobody told us what would happen to  us.

For my dad, slowly suffocating with lungs filled with phlegm and cancerous cells is a difficult death.  Asbestos can cause asbestosis or  mesothelioma.

Smoking is still the leading cause of lung cancer despite all we have learned about it.  By the way, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer and can be corrected in almost every home for under $1,000.00.    

World Lung Cancer Day is Tuesday, August 1, 2017. In the United States and worldwide, lung cancer is the most common form of cancer death; it is also the leading cause for both men and women in the United States and in developed countries. This year, lung cancer will account for about 156,000 deaths, or one in four U.S. cancer deaths.