According to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, “spending on remodeling probably will rise 9.2 percent to $125.1 billion in the first quarter from $114.6 billion a year earlier.” According to Bloomberg, “a 13 percent increase forecast for April through June would be the largest jump in five years, referring to a report by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based center.”
Attorney Chris Placitella, partner at the law firm of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., is concerned that “as home improvements rise, unknowingly, the majority of Americans will continue to be exposed to asbestos, even in their own homes. People need to be careful renovating older homes.”
According to the MesotheliomaLegalBlog.com, asbestos on piping and boiler components has been the focus in the past. Today, a much more dangerous and insidious source of asbestos exposure, is that which results from demolition or altering the drywall board panels that are omnipresent throughout the United States. From the early 1960s through 1977, a substantial percentage of walls and ceilings constructed in homes and offices used asbestos containing joint compound to fill the seams or joints between wall board panels.
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