As early as the 1930s, many major industrial organizations were aware that exposure to asbestos could cause cancer. Despite this knowledge, these industries hid the truth and continued exposing their workers to these products for decades. However, by the latter part of the 20th Century, things began to change as the evils associated with asbestos began to make their way into the public domain.
Today, asbestos has been classified as a known human carcinogen, a substance that causes cancer, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). According to the World Health Organization, approximately half of all occupational cancer deaths are caused by asbestos. Medical literature generally recognizes that exposure to asbestos can cause:
- Mesothelioma;
- Lung Cancer;
- Colon cancer;
- Cancers of the larynx and throat; and
- Stomach cancer.
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