Programs & Services: Community Health
Making the Healthiest State in the Nation!
WA state has been rated the tenth healthiest state in the nation. Health promotion is a priority at Asotin County Health District. Health education, good nutrition, increasing physical activity can improve your physical health, prevent chronic disease and improve emotional well being.
Prescription Pain-Reliever Abuse Among Teens
- To access this fact sheet online, go to reports and select Prevention
Mesothelioma:
Mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lining of the lung, is caused by exposure to asbestos. At some point in our lives, nearly all of us have been exposed to asbestos in the air we breathe and the water we drink; from natural deposits in the earth, and from the deterioration of asbestos products around us. Although awareness of the dangers of asbestos and public concern over the issue have led to a decline in domestic consumption over the years, a total ban on asbestos has not come to fruition. Asbestos is still imported, still used, and still dangerous.
While most of us do not become ill as a result of our exposure, because of long dormancy periods, mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases can remain undetected for over a decade before the patient shows any signs of illness. An exposure of as little as one or two months can result in mesothelioma 30 or 40 years later.
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