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Pleural contamination with asbestos or other mineral fibers has been shown to cause cancer. Long thin asbestos fibers (blue asbestos, amphibole fibers) are more potent carcinogens than "feathery fibers" (chrysotile or white asbestos fibers). [28] However, there is now evidence that smaller particles may be more dangerous than the larger fibers.
Paul Kraus (born 1944) is a Holocaust survivor and mesothelioma patient. Kraus was born in and survived a Nazi forced labor camp during World War II. [1] In 1997, Kraus was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer caused by asbestos. [2]
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In November 2007, it was announced that Cundy was undergoing treatment for pleural mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer. [11] In October 2008, he announced his intention to take early retirement in July 2009 due to ill health. [12] Cundy died on 7 May 2009 at the age of 64, after collapsing on his way to a family event.
In 1974, he won a National Magazine Award for his five-part series on the closure and cleanup of a Pittsburgh Corning asbestos plant in Tyler, Texas where around 875 workers were exposed to asbestos and around 260 were expected to develop cancer. [1] In 1992 he donated 300 boxes of papers accumulated during his research to the New York Public ...
Four years later, in 1954, the British doctors study, a study of some 40,000 doctors over 20 years, confirmed the suggestion, [11] based on which the government issued advice that smoking and lung cancer rates were related. In 1955, Doll reported a case-controlled study that firmly established the relationship between asbestos and lung cancer. [12]
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation, formerly MARF) is a nonprofit organization funded by charitable donations [1] that in turn funds mesothelioma research, provides support services to patients, educates the public, and advocates in Washington, DC for governmental funding for mesothelioma research.