I found this on a website it will effect all you indoor paintballers!
Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos. Mesothelioma is a serious health problem among those who have worked in old warehouses and old buildings. With the number of indoor paintball facilities growing at an exponential rate, the concern about mesothelioma is not unfounded. Should indoor paintball players be worried?
Asbestos is found in most older buildings and warehouses. The most serious problem that asbestos can lead to is mesothelioma. This is a type of slow growing cancer in the lungs and area round the lungs. Older buildings and warehouses that are not up to code may have a lot of asbestos in them. This is a scary thought for paintball players that play indoors. We have been receiving a lot of email recently from paintballers that have seen this over hyping of mesothelioma.
Whether we admit it or not, there are still indoor paintball fields that buy or rent in an old warehouse style building. In the past, these buildings would be left abandoned because most people did not want to deal with the cost of bringing them up to code, which usually involves removing the asbestos. Asbestos was used in these buildings because it would retard fire and help protect the buildings from fire damage, but when it was later linked to the deadly mesothelioma, the use of asbestos was banned.
Although a lot of message boards and websites have been talking about this deadly cancer and hyping it up in the media, the concern seems to be unfounded. Mesothelioma usually only develops in people who have had asbestos exposure, but it is the second most common cancer in asbestos exposure, the first is bronchogenic cancer. Why is the media hyping up mesothelioma?
There is an entire industry of malpractice and litigation attorneys that want to find people who have asbestos exposure and see if they can bring a lawsuit to try and cash in on this very deadly cancer-mesothelioma. They send out emails, press releases, and fill the airwaves with advertising trying to see if anyone will bite. They know that the possible jury rewards can be big.
Should paintball players be concerned about asbestos and mesothelioma? Probably not. Most indoor paintball facilities are in newer facilities and are up to code. You can usually tell right when you walk into an indoor paintball facility whether or not it is a new facility or fifty years old.
Mohammed Alo, Editor of Paintball Times, says, “I don't think that paintballes will have to worry about the mesothelioma and asbestos hype. I have seen the emails and the threats, and I think it's unfounded at this point. I haven't even seen one email point to a specific location or one indoor paintball place actually have complaints lodged against it.”
As with all things on television, in print, and on the internet you have to look at it with an open mind, but a scrupulous eye. This mesothelioma threat seems to be more a creation of media hype than anything we need to worry about. However, if you do go to an indoor paintball field that looks to be a hundred years old, you may want to reconsider.
I hope this may have made you concider the place you play indoor paintball?

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