It is documented that Australia the highest per capita use of asbestos in the world since the 1950s until the 1970th As a tragic consequence, Australia is now the highest per capita of the incidence of mesothelioma in the world. With more than 500 Australians contracting mesothelioma per year, it is estimated that up to 18,000 Australians die from this cancer from asbestos until 2020.

Despite the growing awareness of the dangers of asbestos, there are many people who have not heard of mesothelioma. This cancer of asbestos is defined as follows: spread of a malignant tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium or peritoneum, which form the inhalation of asbestos fibers.

One of the most baffling and frightening known for mesothelioma that many years elapse between the inhalation of asbestos dust and its deadly legacy of disease, it is not uncommon for four decades or more before symptoms caused by inhaling asbestos fibers is shown right.

In November 2004 I was invited speaker at the Global Asbestos Congress in Tokyo in 2004 instead. More than 800 participants from 40 countries around the world were present. To unite a part of a large gathering of people, trying to get rid of the poison of asbestos from our environment, has been an intense emotional experience. Mesothelioma after my husband that I know first hand the suffering this cruel disease, lost in himself and his innocent victims.

There were many speakers and each tells a story of pain, death and grief. We listened, we understood and we ached for the victims past, present and future of the killer asbestos and its legacy of mesothelioma and other asbestos diseases. We listened and we were shocked and appalled that despite the growing awareness of the dangers of asbestos and the increasing number of diseases related to asbestos remains some countries, mining asbestos with little or no regard for their workers or people who come are exposed to asbestos products.

World of asbestos disease association members work tirelessly and fighting against almost insurmountable difficulties that asbestos from all countries to ban the world. It is a fact that is sobering and frightening that even if we succeeded today in this company, the legacy of diseases related to asbestos will continue for five decades.

Add your voice to all those who want this killer product erased from the world media? Add your voice to the call that pleads for adequate compensation for victims and their families. Sign the online petition at Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization:

To advance the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to continue the public awareness on the dangers of asbestos and the incurable and often fatal diseases related to asbestos. ADAO is expanding and uniting veterans, fire fighters, shipbuilders, teachers and thousands of other innocent people around the world. Asbestos Awareness leads to education, prevention, new treatments and ultimately a cure.

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