Asbestos cancer toll will not peak until 2015
Almost 200,000 people in the UK could still get asbestos-related cancers, say scientists funded by Cancer Research UK.
Exposure to asbestos causes a form of cancer called mesothelioma - which affects the lining of the lungs - as well as lung cancer. The symptoms can take many decades to emerge.
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