As you may of learned from the What is mesothelioma? article, mesothelioma kills well over 2,500 Americans each year. But these figures are not unique to the United States in the United Kingdom for instance just under 2,000 cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed each year, tens of thousands of South Africans contract asbestos-related diseases including mesothelioma each year, and in Australia the incidence of mesothelioma is about 600 cases out of a population of only 20 million each year .

More than 40 countries (not including America) have outlawed the commercial use of asbestos — the primary substance found to cause mesothelioma. Due to this fact developing countries in Asia and Latin America have been targeted by asbestos manufacturers, where there is pitifully little control over the consumption and use of asbestos and less is publicized concerning its harmful effects and the cancers that can arise from it such as the various types of mesothelioma.

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