Can cats get lung cancer by being exposed to asbestos?

by "CAVE CANEM"
Question by 2012!: Can cats get lung cancer by being exposed to asbestos?



Best answer:
Answer by emucompboyIt's unlikely.
Cats don't smoke, which greatly increases the likelihood of lung cancer for people who have been exposed to asbestos.

Cats don't live very long, and are likely to die of other causes well before lung cancer would show up.

But here's the thing: if your cat has been exposed to asbestos, so have you. Kitty will have carried some fibers home on her

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