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Data on mesothelioma mortality: a powerful tool for preventing asbestos-related disease

October 11, 2017 By Thomas Lamb

Asbestos is a disaster. It has been responsible for over 200?000 deaths in the USA, for 400,000 deaths in Europe and continues today to cause an estimated 180,000 deaths each year worldwide. Asbestos is a known cause of cancer, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer considers all forms of asbestos—including chrysotile, the form in major use today—to be proven human carcinogens. Asbestos causes cancer of the lung, larynx and ovary as well as malignant mesothelioma. It is associated with stomach, pharyngeal and colorectal cancer. It causes asbestos-related non-malignant respiratory disease. No form of asbestos is safe and no level of exposure is safe. The WHO, the International Labour Organisation and the Collegium Ramazzini have called for a global ban on all production and use of asbestos.

Despite widespread knowledge of asbestos’ dangers, global production and sales remain strong. Two million tons were produced worldwide in 2013, down from a peak of 5 million tons per year in the 1980s, but similar to levels in each of the three preceding years. Russia (1 million tons annually), China (420,000 tons), Brazil (300,000 tons) and Kazakhstan (240,000 tons) are the top producer nations. Canada was previously a major producer but has now ceased all production.

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