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Mesothelioma kit developed aimed at early detection asbestos-linked cancer (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Researchers at Juntendo University and a medical laboratory in Gunma Prefecture have jointly developed a blood-testing kit that may help detect mesothelioma, a cancer believed to be caused by inhaling asbestos, the researchers said Friday.

Japan: 374 Workers Die in Asbestos Handling (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
TOKYO (AP) - More than 370 factory workers died and nearly 90 others were sickened after handling asbestos over a decades-long period, Japan's trade ministry announced Friday in a national survey following reports about health problems linked to the carcinogenic material.A total of 374 people died of mesothelioma — a cancer of the lining of the chest cavity, lungs or stomach — or pneumoconiosis,

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