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Sailors and the Risk of Asbestos-Related Cancer

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  • Richard A. Lemen

    (United States Public Health Service (Retired), Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Retired), Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Collegium Ramazzini, 41012 Carpi, Italy)

  • Philip J. Landrigan

    (Collegium Ramazzini, 41012 Carpi, Italy
    Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, Boston College, Boston, MA 02467, USA
    Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve (Retired), Washington, DC 20351, USA)

Abstract

Sailors have long been known to experience high rates of injury, disease, and premature death. Many studies have shown asbestos-related diseases among shipyard workers, but few have examined the epidemiology of asbestos-related disease and death among asbestos-exposed sailors serving on ships at sea. Chrysotile and amphibole asbestos were used extensively in ship construction for insulation, joiner bulkhead systems, pipe coverings, boilers, machinery parts, bulkhead panels, and many other uses, and asbestos-containing ships are still in service. Sailors are at high risk of exposure to shipboard asbestos, because unlike shipyard workers and other occupationally exposed groups, sailors both work and live at their worksite, making asbestos standards and permissible exposure limits (PELs). based on an 8-h workday inadequate to protect their health elevated risks of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related cancers have been observed among sailors through epidemiologic studies. We review these studies here.

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  • Richard A. Lemen & Philip J. Landrigan, 2021. "Sailors and the Risk of Asbestos-Related Cancer," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:16:p:8417-:d:611146
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    1. Joanna M. Gaitens & Melissa Culligan & Joseph S. Friedberg & Erica Glass & Maxwell Reback & Katherine A. Scilla & Ashutosh Sachdeva & Anthony Atalla & Melissa A. McDiarmid, 2023. "Laying the Foundation for a Mesothelioma Patient Registry: Development of Data Collection Tools," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-12, March.
    2. Terri-Ann Berry & Elena Belluso & Ruggero Vigliaturo & Reto Gieré & Edward A. Emmett & Joseph R. Testa & Gregor Steinhorn & Shannon L. Wallis, 2022. "Asbestos and Other Hazardous Fibrous Minerals: Potential Exposure Pathways and Associated Health Risks," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(7), pages 1-17, March.
    3. Lucia Fazzo & Giada Minelli & Marco De Santis & Emiliano Ceccarelli & Ivano Iavarone & Amerigo Zona, 2023. "The Epidemiological Surveillance of Mesothelioma Mortality in Italy as a Tool for the Prevention of Asbestos Exposure," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(11), pages 1-16, May.

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