Category: <span>mesothelioma deaths from asbestos</span>

Environmental Asbestos Raises Mesothelioma Among Women

For decades, mesothelioma has predominately affected white men older than 60 years of age. This is largely because of the rare cancer’s connection to occupational asbestos exposure and its long latency period of 20 to 50 years. But as worldwide use of asbestos continues to decline and more industrialized countries continue to ban the toxic…

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