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85% of local gov'ts keep no tabs on asbestos victims [1]

Some 85% of 151 surveyed local governments including Japan's 47 prefectures do not keep taps on the conditions of people who have developed mesothelial tumors due to asbestos exposure, a parliamentary research office said in a survey report Thursday. Of the 151 local governments, 76% were found to have not been exchanging information about the victims with labor standards inspection offices, which recognize situations of sufferers of work-related illnesses caused by asbestos.

Publication Date: 
22/02/2008
Japan Today (Japan) [2]
Tags:
Asbestos [3], Workers [4], Occupational Health [5]
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