Akron rubber plants were once one of the largest industry in the country. The rubber industry and employed tens of thousands of Ohio residents in Akron, Canton, Mansfield, Warren, Youngstown and much of northeast Ohio. But after the the industry and wealth prospered, the health of many rubber plant workers suffered.
Joe Lyon is an experienced Ohio Asbestos Attorney and Akron Mesothelioma Lawyer reviewing toxic workplace exposure for workers in rubber plants and plaintiffs in Ohio and nationwide.
Asbestos Exposure & Akron Rubber Plants
Medical experts and researchers have spent years studying the effects of working with asbestos and other dangerous chemicals in rubber plants and the tire industry as a whole.
The conclusion in numerous studies is always the same: the hazards of working in the rubber and tire industry is hazardous and workers have been regularly exposed to toxins and risk cancers like mesothelioma and lung cancer.
Employees of tire and rubber plants, as well as hundreds of other companies who used asbestos in the workplace may have been put at unnecessary risk by their employers.
If former Akron employees have been diagnosed with Mesothelioma Cancer, it may be a result of workplace asbestos exposure. Former workers may have a claim against their Akron employer, and may consider seeking medical and legal assistance from a Toxic Exposure Lawyer.