Patchy asbestos disease recognition across Europe

The report provides a listing of compensated occupational cancers caused by asbestos across Europe. At least eight such cancers are listed but only France has recognised them all. This fact reveals the difficulties with respect to legal, economic, and insurance issues dealt with in cancer recognition and that also apply to other occupational cancers.

Asbestos-related occupational diseases in Europe, enquiry report, European Forum of the Insurance against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases, Eurogip, April 2006.

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