Recently, I met with a man who worked his whole career at Wisconsin Electric a/k/a WE Energies. He worked at various power plants in Wisconsin, including the Oak Creek power plant, downtown Milwaukee plant, the valley power plant in Milwaukee, the Pleasant Prairie plant, and various other power plants and substations. A couple of the jobs he worked in around asbestos included electrical work, plumbing related work, and oil treatment work. The asbestos was in gaskets, insulating pipes, used around wire and joints, etc. Sadly, he was living a nice life in Florida enjoying retirement when he was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, a deadly disease, related only to asbestos exposure. He had been suffering from shortness of breath when his doctor discovered fluid on his lungs. Eventually, a thoracic surgeon was seen and he did a biopsy, which led to the definitive diagnosis of asbestos-related mesothelioma.
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