Asbestos cancer deaths neared 700 in 2018

By Rebecca Gredley
Updated August 28 2019 - 1:03am, first published 1:00am
A survey of people with mesothelioma found 93 per cent had possible or probable asbestos exposure.
A survey of people with mesothelioma found 93 per cent had possible or probable asbestos exposure.

Close to 700 Australians died from an aggressive cancer typically caused by exposure to asbestos last year, 15 years on from the building material's ban.

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