Case | Sex | Age | Year | Site | Diagnosis | Source of case | Routes of exposure |
23 | F | 52 | 1995 | Pleural | Histol, IHC | RMM | Corn mill owner. Possibly used asbestos-contaminated bags discarded from the Balangero mine (1961–1995). Lived in a town where Balangero tailings were widely used as road ballast (1943–1995). |
24* | F | 47 | 1996 | Pleural | Histol | RMM | Employed by Italian railways (1970–1991), where Balangero mine tailings were used as ballast up to the mid-1970s. No other asbestos exposure at work. Lived (1948–1996) close to railway tracks where Balangero mine tailings had been used as ballast. |
25* | F | 74 | 1998 | Pleural | Histol | RMM | No definite/likely occupational exposure. Lived in a house with Balangero tailings as gravel substitute in the garden (1980–1998). Possible fall-out from an asbestos textile workshop 600 m from home (1978–1990). |
26 | F | 39 | 2000 | Pleural | Histol, IHC | RMM | No definite/likely occupational exposure. Lived in a district where Balangero tailings were used as road ballast (1982–2000). |
27* | M | 74 | 2001 | Pleural | Histol, IHC | RMM | Employed by Italian railways as a track maintenance worker (1951–1986) where Balangero mine tailings were used as ballast. No other asbestos exposure at work. |
*Possible exposure to other types of asbestos.
Histol, histological confirmation; IHC, immune staining pattern suggestive of a mesothelial neoplasm, based on histological material; RMM, Registry of Malignant Mesotheliomas.