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Asbestos / Cancer / Mesothelioma
Public Meeting - Everyone Welcome
Action on Mesothelioma
Monday 27th February 2006
Liverpool Town Hall
Start ..1pm finish.. 3 pm
Speakers include:
Bereaved Families
Dr. Chris Warburton: Consultant Chest Physician,
Nurse Maria Guerin; Lung Cancer Nurse,
The Right Worshipful, Lord Mayor Of Liverpool, Councillor Alan Dean
The Worshipful The Mayor Of Wirral Councillor Chris Meaden.
Mesothelioma Charter Demands
- Prevention of Asbestos-related cancer deaths
- Research into mesothelioma
- Better treatment of mesothelioma
- Justice for mesothelioma sufferers
Asbestos - the World's Worst Industrial Killer
- 1,900 people die from mesothelioma each year in the UK
- 95,000 people will die from mesothelioma by 2050 in the UK
- 250,000 people will die from mesothelioma in Western Europe by 2035
In the Merseyside area between 1981 and 2000 there were over 600 deaths from mesothelioma.
Research shows that the peak in mortality will come between 2011 and 2015, the highest number of deaths per year being between 1,950 - 2450
MERSEYSIDE ASBESTOS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP -
0151 236 1895
Registered charity 1033724. In conjunction with the British Lung Foundation
Merseyside Victims Asbestos Support Group
Tel/Fax: 0151 236 1895
Kevin Johnson
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