The tale of mesothelioma and asbestos diseases in general reveals one of the darker and more disturbing chapters in modern history. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is virtually exclusively associated with asbestos exposure-something which just about anybody alive for the better half of the twentieth century is likely to have had. People of all backgrounds have fallen ill with mesothelioma: from famous movie actors to powerful politicians to ordinary blue-collar workers.

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