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Since asbestos is virtually indestructible, it Ungers endlessly in man's habitat. The harm of asbestos to humans has been known since the dawn of the century. We recently came across a sentence of the civil and penal court of Turin (Italy) of 1906, in which the judge, in litigation between the British Asbestos Company and a local newspaper (which had reported on the health risk of asbestos), recognized the evidence for an increase in broncopneumonia among exposed workers.
The Long-lasting Legacy of Industrial Carcinogens: The Lesson of Asbestos
Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Lecture, 1995
CESARE MALTONI
Cancer Research Center European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences
Bentivoglio Castle 40010 Bentivoglio (BO), Italy
In memory of Dr. Irving J. Selikoff the great defence advocate of asbestos victims
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 (3).max