Is Cigarette Smoking a Cause of Mesothelioma?
It is plausible that cigarette smoking could cause mesothelioma. There are many carcinogens in cigarette smoke that cause other cancers. Historically, smoking was common in the trades that worked with asbestos products. Most people who developed mesothelioma were also smokers.
Garlock Estimation: A Science Case
Garlock is often remembered for what the bankruptcy court found about undisclosed exposures to other asbestos products. Those findings told the court why Garlock’s settlement history could not be trusted as a proxy for the claims’ value. They did not tell it what the claims were worth. To estimate the liability, the court needed a…
Mesothelioma Risk in the North Carolina Textile Cohort Quantified
EPA relied on the North Carolina textile cohort in its 2020 chrysotile risk evaluation for mesothelioma.1 The cohort comprised workers at four asbestos textile plants.2 The 2009 study relied on death certificates coded to pleural cancer before 1999 and to mesothelioma from 1999 to 2003.