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Asbestos Learning Series

Lung Disease

Asbestos exposure is the number one killer of workers in B.C. This video, part of the Asbestos Learning Series, explains how airborne asbestos fibres are inhaled and embedded in the lungs, causing diseases such as asbestosis, and lung cancers such as mesothelioma.

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