Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Does anyone know of any link between asbestos and seizures? My children's school has been shut down and, according to the County, had the most startling exposure of children to asbestos they had ever seen. It's very scary. . .and I'm obviously very upset. My husband is in the environmental field and has explained to me all the particulars about asbestos (and says there is absolutely no link to seizures -- that it's all related to lung cancers that appear many years down the road), but it still makes me wonder. . ..especially since 's seizures worsened signicantly about three weeks after starting in that building. I'm also concerned, because, if the asbestos was that bad, there could also have been other problems, as well. Just curious as to whether anyone has any information or resources on this.--D __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 Hi D Not sure of a link between seizures and asbestos but I once worked with a lady who had been a contractor- she took a large contract removing asbestos from a number of apt complexes. She couldn't get alot of workers so she did the work herself. She did not use alot of protective gear- she developed some strange neurological signs within 12 months- eventually diagnosed with ALS although not all her signs were consistent with ALS. She said she was confident that the neuro signs were caused by the asbestos. She eventually died but never developed Ca. She did have a series of seizures before her death but these were probably caused more by a deteoriation than the initial exposure. So I guess what I'm saying is that there may be a connection eventhough there is not too much documented. BTW I typed in asbestos/seizures on Google and there were alot of responses. Hope things turn out OK. Faye DeEtte Person wrote: > Does anyone know of any link between asbestos and > seizures? My children's school has been shut down > and, according to the County, had the most startling > exposure of children to asbestos they had ever seen. > It's very scary. . .and I'm obviously very upset. My > husband is in the environmental field and has > explained to me all the particulars about asbestos > (and says there is absolutely no link to seizures -- > that it's all related to lung cancers that appear many > years down the road), but it still makes me wonder. . > .especially since 's seizures worsened signicantly > about three weeks after starting in that building. > I'm also concerned, because, if the asbestos was that > bad, there could also have been other problems, as > well. Just curious as to whether anyone has any > information or resources on this.--D > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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