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Mesothelioma is a type of cancer affecting the lining of the lungs and is most common among those people who at one time worked in trade or construction industries, such as plumbers, joiners, shipyard workers, electricians, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, painters and decorators and labourers. This is because the main cause of Mesothelioma is breathing in asbestos dust which is created by asbestos being disturbed and is still found in many buildings today.
New figures from HSE show that the UK continues to have the worst mortality rate for Mesothelioma in the world and 2,500 people die of this disease every year with a prediction of 60,000 people to die over the next 30 years. In spite of these figures very little is still known about this cancer and the British Lung Foundation (BLF) are calling for greater investment into research to discover a cure or new and effective treatments for Mesothelioma.