A small church located in Perham, Minnesota has recently received the news that they will be shut-down and merged with a larger church sometime this year due to the age of the building and presence of asbestos-containing materials that would cost a considerable amount of money to remove. St. Stanislaus Church was built approximately 133 years ago during a time when asbestos was widely used in a number of building materials.

It wasn’t until the 1970’s when congress formed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that use of asbestos began to become regulated. Today contractors who work around asbestos are required to be licensed and wear protective gear in order to prevent exposure to the dangerous substance.

Such exposure has been known to cause a significant chance of developing one of a number of asbestos-related diseases including asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Because asbestos-caused diseases typically have a latency period lasting from twenty to fifty years there is only a very limited chance of finding effective treatment options for those diagnosed. In many cases such a disease will already be in its advanced stages of development by the time it is discovered.

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