Mention lung cancer and it is almost inevitable that the disease will be associated in your mind with smoking and although you would be right in that smoking is a major cause of this type of cancer it by no means the only cause. One of the other causes thought to produce Lung cancer, is asbestos. Asbestos related Lung Cancer is a danger which is a sad legacy belonging to a past of ignorance when we were unaware of the hazards of the substance asbestos which research has shown has carcinogenic producing properties. For those who consistently work in contact with the substance the dangers of them developing asbestos related lung cancer is high.
