Asbestos Deaths Remain A Public Health Concern, CDC Finds
Exposure to the tiny fibers in asbestos can lead people who work around the material to develop mesothelioma, a cancer of the thin membranes that line the chest and abdomen.
People are still dying of cancer linked to asbestos, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says, despite decades of regulations meant to limit dangerous exposure.
Starting in 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has how much asbestos workers can be exposed to, because it contains tiny fibers that can cause lung disease or cancer if they are
