Asbestos is an important cause of human illness. Clinical and epidemiologic studies have established incontrovertibly that asbestos causes cancer of the lung, malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and peritoneum, cancer of the larynx, and certain gastrointestinal cancers.1 Asbestos also causes asbestosis, a progressive fibrotic disease of the lungs. The risk of these diseases increases with cumulative exposure and also with the length of time since the first exposure. Asbestos has been declared a proven human carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization.2,3 The total number . . .
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