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Asbestos still kills
On Action Mesothelioma Day 2021, health and safety campaigner MICK HOLDER warns that our toxic legacy won’t come to an end until all asbestos is safely removed and put back in the ground

MESOTHELIOMA is an incurable, killer cancer that is caused exclusively by exposure to asbestos.

Officially, every year in the UK mesothelioma kills roughly 2,700 people, with the same number again dying from lung cancer due to asbestos exposure.

The number of lung cancer deaths is regarded as being a gross underestimate of the true figure.

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