Asbestos Italy: The Casale Monferrato Study

Learn about asbestos in Italy and the Casale Monferrato study.

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Small Italian town (Pop. 40,000 in village; 98,000 in the area) in a non-industrial region

Asbestos-cement factory operating in town from 1907 to 1985; mainly CHRYSOTILE, about 10 percent of CROCIDOLITE.

44 mesothelioma cases without known occupational exposure (26 men, 18 women) diagnosed between 1980 and 1989

10 percent of cases < 50 year old; men/women ratio close to 1

airborne fibers >5 m in town (1984): 1 to 11 f/liter

Courtesy of the EPA