Risk of cancer associated with residential exposure to asbestos insulation: a whole-population cohort study

Abstract

ACT Government.

Does exposure to asbestos cause prostate cancer? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis: Retraction

“…These cohort studies were published between 1988 and 2017, with the cohort size ranging from 249 to 504660. Four studies [21–23,30] reported findings on PCa incidence, 12 studies [15–20,24–29] were based on mortality. One study [31] not only reported the outcome of incidence but also mortality.…”

“…One study [31] not only reported the outcome of incidence but also mortality. Most studies [16,18–23,25–27,29] were performed in Europe, 4 [24,28,30,31] in Oceania, with only 2 [15,17] in Asia. Four studies [15,16,24,26] were conducted only in male cohort, and the other cohorts [17–23,25,27–31] included male and female.…”

“…Szeszenia D [29] also found excess mortality of PCas in the Foundries and Shipyards group. A cohort study [30] showed a significantly elevated risk of PCas in the constructions with residents who living in houses insulated with asbestos. Although the SMRs in the studies on chrysotile-exposed workers were generally higher in studies on other asbestos types, the effects of asbestos exposure in different geographical regions were not the same.…”

Hazards of residential exposure to household asbestos

“…1 Most of our evidence of disease risk comes from studies of occupational asbestos exposure; however, information is scant on the quantifiable risks and public-health implications arising from in-home exposure to asbestos products (eg, from contaminated loft insulation). 2 The important and thorough study by Rosemary Korda and colleagues, reported in The Lancet Public Health, 3 not only provides some new evidence about in-home asbestos exposure but also highlights several important issues about epidemiological investigation and translation.…”

Asbestos Air Pollution: Description of a Mesothelioma Cluster Due to Residential Exposure from an Asbestos Cement Factory

“…Numerous scientific papers have analyzed the association between EE and the onset of mesothelioma [7,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25].…”