A man who spent his life working for, and eventually owning, two dressmaking businesses in the New York City’s fashion district tragically discovered, many years too late, that asbestos materials used to insulate pipes and boilers in the factory pressing areas exposed him to the dangerous cancer-causing mineral, asbestos.

For over 20 years, a New York City man who spent each day breathing in noxious fumes while collecting trash for the Department of Sanitation developed a serious form of asbestos cancer—not from what he could see and smell while on the job—but from the microscopic asbestos fibers from flaking insulation and vehicle brake repair work conducted at the Department’s garages.

A New York City man who worked for more than 20 years as a professional projectionist for the airlines and in dozens of movie theaters in the New York metro region found out too late that asbestos insulation that was used on projector lamp wires exposed him to asbestos, a mineral that can lead to mesothelioma cancer and lung cancer.

A lifelong Long Island, New York man who dedicated his life to his country, his family and his children tragically discovered that during his military service, while on the job at the phone company and even when performing home renovations and work on the family cars, he was exposed to asbestos, a dangerous mineral known to cause asbestos cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma.

A life-long New Yorker who first started working for his father’s plumbing business in the 1950s was dealt a tragic blow when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer more than 50 years after he was first exposed to asbestos on the job.