Learn About the Basic Facts of Benzene, Including the Science, Medicine, and Law
This Benzene Legal Claims Information Guide is intended to assist you with:
- Identifying the workers who used benzene products as well as job sites or workplaces where used;
- Knowing what cancers and diseases can be caused by those past occupational benzene exposures;
- Locating resources that provide medical facts and guidance for people with benzene cancers; and,
- Understanding how you can get legal compensation for a worker with a benzene cancer or disease.
This Benzene Facts page provides some basic information about the use of benzene, a common but toxic chemical, as well as the scientific, medical, and legal aspects of benzene exposure.
As such, this Benzene Facts information may be especially helpful to workers diagnosed with leukemia cancer or a blood disease that might be related to their past exposures to benzene on the job or in the workplace.
The products containing benzene listed on this page are intended to help determine whether someone had significant benzene exposures in the workplace or on the job site in the past.
Exposure to benzene can occur by inhaling fumes or vapors of products containing benzene, or by getting benzene on one’s skin.
For purposes of determining those possible past exposures to products containing benzene, you should keep in mind that benzene can be a colorless gas or benzene can be a colorless liquid with a sweet odor.
Workers Exposed to Benzene in Past: A List of Positions and Trades
Workers exposed to benzene in the past tended to work in certain positions or trades. The types of workers listed on this page are intended to identify who may have had significant benzene exposures by inhalation exposure (when benzene fumes are breathed in) or by dermal absorption (when benzene comes in contact with the skin).
Benzene Exposure Industries Put Workers at Increased Risks of Benzene Cancers and Diseases
The benzene exposure industries listed on this page are intended to help identify just some of the workers who likely had significant benzene exposures in the workplace or on the job site in the past. These types of benzene exposures are often described as occupational exposures.
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While it is often said that benzene causes AML leukemia, that statement needs some explanation as regards when and how this might happen to people.
Benzene exposures in the workplace or on the job site are often described as occupational exposures to benzene. Examples are breathing in benzene fumes (inhalation exposure) or getting benzene on the skin (dermal absorption).
Workers who had occupational benzene exposures in the past are at an increased risk of developing these two types of leukemia:
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Besides knowing that benzene causes AML leukemia, it is important to keep in mind that it can take many years from the time when a worker was exposed to benzene in the workplace or on the job site before AML leukemia is diagnosed in the worker. This situation is referred to in medical terminology as the “latency period”, whereby it can be as much as 30 years from a person’s benzene exposure while working until getting their diagnosis of AML, or some other benzene-related cancer.
It is generally recognized that exposure to benzene on the job or at work can cause acute myeloid leukemia (AML) / acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in workers. It is less well-known that benzene causes MDS, which is often classified as a precursor to AML leukemia. Simply put, this means that MDS can lead to the development of AML leukemia later.
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of cancers in which immature blood cells in the bone marrow do not mature or become healthy blood cells. This results in a lack of healthy cells, which can lead to infection, anemia, or easy bleeding. MDS is also frequently referred to as “pre-leukemia,” as the risks of developing leukemia after a diagnosis of MDS are fairly high.
Benzene cancer resources listed on this page are for people interested in learning about the connection between benzene exposure and cancers, as well as those who have been diagnosed with benzene-related cancer, including:
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)
We are here to help people from all parts of the United States with cases involving benzene-exposed workers diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
We have successfully handled benzene lawsuits, both personal injury and wrongful death cases, around the country for many years.
We do not put any of our benzene clients into large class actions. We know it is better when an individual lawsuit is filed for each client.
We point out that for all of our benzene clients, no legal fees or any other costs are paid until after we get legal compensation for their benzene case.
Finally, there are no costs associated with having us review the facts of a possible benzene lawsuit that would be filed on behalf of a benzene-exposed worker and/or their family. Be assured that the information you provide to our law firm will be treated strictly confidential. Submitting an online Benzene Case Review does not obligate you to hire our law firm. And you will get a reply directly from attorney Tom Lamb no later than the next business day.
In the alternative, feel free to call us at 800-426-9535 to discuss with Tom Lamb the facts of a benzene cancer case or benzene disease case.
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