Texas Mesothelioma Blog
Heard Robins Cloud Black & Lubel, LLP
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
CDC reports American mesothelioma deaths increasing.
In April, the CDC reported that American deaths from asbestos-caused mesothelioma continue to rise. Between 1999 and 2005, mesothelioma killed 18,068 Americans. From the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, the number of Americans diagnosed with mesothelioma each year sharply increased. Mesothelioma's long latency period—or time between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma's onset—explains the continued increased mesothelioma rate. According to the CDC, mesothelioma can occur twenty to forty years after a person is exposed to asbestos. The CDC estimates that the U.S. mesothelioma rate will probably peak by 2010. By the CDC's estimates, 1.3 million construction and general industry workers are currently potentially exposed to asbestos.
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