Personal Injury Law

Mesothelioma Deaths To Peak in 2010

By asbestoshub

According a report from the CDC, deaths from malignant mesothelioma are expected to peak in 2010.

The number of malignant mesothelioma deaths increased from 2,482 in 1999 to 2,704 in 2005, Ki Moon Bang, Ph.D., of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and colleagues reported in the April 24 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“Because mesothelioma manifests 20 to 40 years after first exposure, the number of mesothelioma deaths will likely peak by 2010,” the authors wrote.

Although the health threat posed by asbestos has decreased, it has not disappeared.

In 1975 the Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of asbestos in most types of residential and commercial insulation materials. In 1989 the EPA attempted to implement a total ban on the use of asbestos. The ban was overturned on appeal in federal court in 1991.

Mesothelioma mortality is not expected to return to background levels for another 50 years.

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Full post as published by Asbestos HUB on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).