Worldwide Epidemic In the Media
Asbestos has been used around the world for centuries. Some nations have banned the use of asbestos, however mesothelioma continues to afflict a growing number of people every year. Researchers studying mesothelioma worldwide predict the number of mesothelioma patients will continue to rise over the upcoming decades.
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Estimate of the Number of Cases of Certain Types of Cancer That are Attributable to Occupational Factors in France (2/24/05)
Only scarce data are available to document the burden of occupational factors on the population's health in France. While numerous diseases originate, at least in part, in the working environment, it is for cancers that the most data are available from the international and French scientific literature. This work is thus aimed to estimate the proportion of several cancers that are induced by occupational factors among the French male population. More...
Mesothelioma to Peak by 2015, UK (2/21/05)
Deaths from mesothelioma, an asbestos-related lung cancer, will peak within ten years in the UK and then fall to a much lower level, according to new figures published in this week's British Journal of Cancer*. More...
Asbestos Cancer Epidemic (4/5/04)
The asbestos cancer epidemic may take as many as 10 million lives before asbestos is banned worldwide and exposures are brought to an end. In many developed countries, in the most affected age groups, mesothelioma may account for 1% of all deaths. More...
Study: Asbestos Deaths Becoming Epidemic (3/22/04)
More than 43,000 Americans have died from exposure to asbestos and 10,000 more people are dying each year in a silent crisis that is taking on epidemic dimensions, according to a new study. More
Dying For a Living (3/15/04) [Canada]
In Sarnia, Ont., former workers with chemicals and asbestos are enduring a slow-motion Bhopal. People are afflicted with rare cancers at a rate nearly 35 per cent higher than the provincial average. It may be the worst outbreak of industrial disease in recent Canadian history. More...
Predicted Deaths From Mesothelioma (12/8/03)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today published updated statistics predicting the future numbers of people likely to die in Britain as a result of mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by asbestos. More...
Living, Dying with Asbestos (10/13/03)
Former workers of Lindberg Hevi-Duty Electric find themselves living - and dying - with a time bomb. More...
Asbestos-Linked Cancers Show Unexpected Decline in Sweden (12/3/02)
Please help me. I have peritoneal mesothelioma benign and I have so much liquid in my stomach about 700 ml a week. I drain this liquid every 14 days. I have received a lot of cytostatika but it hasnt helped. I live in Sweden. Any help you could give would be much appreciated. More...
Asbestos Deaths in UK Said to Be Increasing - London, England (4/30/01)
From the docks of London, Glasgow or Cherbourg to the cement factories of Belgium and the Netherlands, the deadly mineral was used for longer and to more devastating effect than almost anywhere in the world. Professor Julian Peto of Imperial Cancer Research of the UK has estimated that 500,000 people will die of asbestos-related cancer in western Europe during the next 35 years. More...
Future Increase of Mesothelioma in Dutch Men: A. Burdorf, May 31, 1997
Exposure to asbestos at work has created an important public health problem among Dutch men. More...