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Research on the incidence of asbestos-related disease among
construction, shipyard, refinery and production workers by Dr. Kaye Kilburn (who screened
active and retired union workers throughout the country from 1986 to 1989), revealed the
following results.
Rate of Asbestosis by Trades
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Trade
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Asbestosis
Prevalence
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Sheetmetal workers
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31.2%
|
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Boilermakers
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29.4%
|
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Carpenters
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27.9%
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Operating Engineers
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27.3% |
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Pipefitters
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27.0%
|
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Electricians
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24.4%
|
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Brickmasons
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24.3%
|
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Ironworkers
|
21.8%
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Asbestosis in Manufacturing Jobs
Versus Shipyard and Construction Trades
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Jobsite
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Asbestos
Prevalence |
|
Shipyard worker
|
36.6%
|
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Oil Refinery
|
43.8%
|
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Construction Trades
|
27.4%
|
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Aluminum Refining
|
23.0%
|
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Papermaking
|
21.6%
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Dr. Irving Selikoff studied the
causes of death among 17,800 asbestos workers in the United States and Canada from 1967 to
1986. Dr. Selikoff found that asbestos workers died from mesothelioma, lung cancer,
gastrointestinal cancer and asbestosis at a rate far above the national average for
non-asbestos workers. He did not find any increased mortality due to cancer of the urinary
bladder, prostate, testis, liver, brain or leukemia. Selikoff and Seidman, "Asbestos-Associated
Deaths Among Insulation Workers in the United States and Canada, 1967-1987 ",
1991. Nicholson estimates there will be 125,000 cancer deaths due to asbestos related
diseases from 1985 to 2009. Lilienfield projects 130,000 such deaths over the same time
period.
Additional Information
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Mortality of
United Kingdom Oil Refinery and Petroleum Distribution Workers, 1951–1998: A High
Incidence of Mesothelioma
(2/23/07)
Study from the
Institute of Occupational Health in the U.K. links high
incidence of mesothelioma in oil refinery workers to asbestos
exposure.
Click
here for a summary and a link to the 7 page
report with data tables.
Cluster of
Malignant Mesothelioma Cases in a Thermostat Manufacturing Industry (2/23/07)
An Italian study finds
three mesothelioma patients all at the same thermostat
manufacturing industry, causing an asbestos investigation.
More...
Alcoa Workers at 'Higher Risk'
of Mesothelioma (6/30/04)
ALCOA workers in Australia are more likely
to die from mesothelioma than the rest of the population, a new study has
revealed.
More...
Asbestos Defense Bogus De Jour:
Chrysotile Fibers Don't
Cause Mesothelioma (and fire doesn't burn!)
(5/11/01)
Scientists
Respond
1) Richard A. Lemen, Ph.D (There is "no doubt that the scientific evidence
supports the carcinogencity of chrysotile alone in the induction of mesothelioma.")
For a complete review of Dr. Lemen's research in support of his conclusion,
click here.
2) Dr. Douglas A. Pohl ("In summary, it is clear from the published medical
literature that chrysotile asbestos causes mesothelioma"). For a complete review of
Dr. Pohl's research in support of his conclusion,
click here.
Circulating
Natural Killer Cells in Retired Asbestos Cement Workers. (2/22/00)
The effect of past exposure to asbestos on natural killer (NK)
cell number and activity is uncertain.
More...
The European Mesothelioma
Epidemic (Feb. 1999)
Projections for the period
1995-2029 suggest that the number of men dying from mesothelioma
in Western Europe each year will almost double over the next 20
years, from 5000 in 1998 to about 9000 around 2018, and then
decline, with a total of about a quarter of a million deaths
over the next 35 years.
More...
Peritoneal Cancer and
Occupational Exposure to Asbestos: Results From the Application of a Job-Exposure Matrix
(Jan. 1999)
This study provides evidence
that death certificate data and job-exposure matrices are useful
tools to observe well-established associations, such as the one
existing between peritoneal cancer and asbestos exposure among
men, in spite of crude information, disease misclassification,
and occupational misclassification.
More...
Is
Asbestos Deadly?
You Decide.. (2/1999)
Asbestos 'will kill 500,000' by 2020,
November 1998
More than half-a-million people could die of
asbestosis over the next 20 years, according to a senior doctor.
Dr Robin Howie, of the British Occupational Hygiene Society, told a
conference in Clydebank, near Glasgow, that hundreds of thousands of tons of asbestos
currently in buildings needed to be removed.
More...
Future
Increase
of Mesothelioma in Dutch Men: A. Burdorf, May 31, 1997
In the next 35 years about
20,000 cases of pleural mesothelioma among men are expected. The
projection results in a peak of annual male mesothelioma deaths
of approximately 700 in about the year 2018.
More...
732 MM Deaths in Manville,
Somerset County, New Jersey (6/15/98)
This study evaluates the
environmental, nonoccupational
component of mesothelioma incidence among persons living in Manville, Somerset County, New
Jersey, the location of the largest asbestos manufacturing plant in North America.
More...
272 MM Deaths in
South East England Studied (6/15/98)
In south east England most
cases of malignant mesothelioma are associated with asbestos
exposure. Clinical features do not differentiate between
asbestos related and non-asbestos related disease.
More...
3000
Asbestos-Related Deaths in UK Yearly and Rising (4/30/01) |
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