Italian study finds that risk of pleural mesothelioma eventually may decline after exposure ends, but risk of peritoneal mesothelioma continues to rise

In the March issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a new study of Italian asbestos cement workers has found that risk of some asbestos-related cancers decreases after the exposure ends, while the risk of other cancers continue to rise. The risk of lung cancer among workers exposed to asbestos began to fall twenty to forty years after the exposure ended. The risk of pleural mesothelioma, which attacks the membrane surrounding the lungs, was highest among those with the longest period