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Asbestos, lung cancer and mesothelioma in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine
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Anthony Newman Taylor, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, South Kensington Campus, London, UK; a.newmant@imperial.ac.uk
Accepted 19 May 2006
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I have chosen three papers (see box 1) from the archives of Occupational and Environmental Medicine which, from its founding in 1943 until 1993, was called the British Journal of Industrial Medicine.1–3 Published during a 10-year period, together they are arguably the three most influential papers in occupational lung disease of the 20th century. Asbestos had been recognised as a cause of fibrosis of the lungs (pneumoconiosis – asbestosis) since the early 20th century, leading in 1931 to the Asbestos Industry Regulations to control exposure to asbestos dust. These three papers showed conclusively that inhaled asbestos was also carcinogenic, causing lung cancer and mesothelioma. The implications were stark. Whereas the incidence and severity of asbestosis could in principle be reduced by improved control of asbestos in the workplace, no threshold of safety could be confidently identified probably for lung cancer and certainly for mesothelioma. While the excess of lung
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