Asbestos Health Risks In Turkey; a Recent Study
Learn about asbestos-related health risks in Turkey.
The attorneys at the personal injury law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg have decades of experience defending victims’ rights in practice areas that include: accidents/general injury, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice, and environmental pollutants.
NEWS UPDATE:
Baris et al(1978,1979), Dumortier et al (20001) : extremely high incidence of mesothelioma in the Cappadoce region : 108 cases diagnosed between 1970 and 1987 in the village of Karain (600 inhabitants); rate: 800/100,000 (half of the deaths) : ERIONITE
Yazicioglu et al(1976,1980), Baris et al(1979,1981,1988), Selçuk et al (1992), Metintas et al (1999), Seyigit et al (2000) : extremely high incidence of pleural plaques, asbestosis and mesothelioma in different villages of rural Anatolia and in the Southeast of Turkey; material quarried from the mountains and used for whitewashing floor and walls of houses; mainly
TREMOLITE, small amount of CHRYSOTILE
o mean age : about 50 (25 % < 40); sex ratio close to 1o incidence decreasing in regions where use of asbestos-containing soil has ended (from 105 /million in the firs studies to 43/million in the 90’)
Courtesy of the EPA
Lawyer: Learn about asbestos health risks in New Caledonia