As time continues to march forward, seemingly new and different issues continue to pop up into people's lives. These issues probably existed before but were not recognized in the way they may be today. Modern technology has enabled us to focus on, recognize and categorize them, and begin to deal with them and the usual burdens that accompany their presence. One such item is the recognition of the cancer we now know as mesothelioma.

This cancer that we have come to understand is caused by expo...