Lung cancer deaths 3 times higher around factory that made asbestos products
Residents living around a factory here that produced asbestos products for decades have a death rate from lung cancer that is about three times higher than the national average, an Osaka health official has announced.Shinji Kumagai, head of the environmental health division at the Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, announced the finding on Sunday concerning residents living around the Hashima factory of Nichias Corp.
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