Malignant mesothelioma is a type of deadly lung cancer

Malignant mesothelioma, or sometimes called mesothelioma asbestos, is a type of deadly lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Exposure to asbestos can lead to a number of deadly conditions, most notably a form of cancer called mesothelioma, or "mesothelioma asbestos." (Mesothelioma asbestos is technically not the correct term. Inhalation of asbestos dust is the primary means by which asbestos exposure leads to mesothelioma asbestos.

Advice on what to do if you have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace as part of health and safety. If you believe you have been exposed to asbestos, you are advised to write to your employer expressing concern that you have been exposed to asbestos in your workplace. State when you started working at that establishment, your job title, the location of the asbestos and the date(s) during which exposure occurred.