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Unite demands investment in asbestos treatment

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08 Jul 2011

Unite demands investment in asbestos treatment

The union Unite says the UK government must provide funds to investigate effective treatments for mesothelioma, the asbestos related cancer. Speaking on 1 July, Action Mesothelioma Day, Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail, said: 'The coalition needs to provide funds for greater investment into understanding and treating this terrible disease that kills 2,000 people a year... many of them working in the construction, engineering, ship building and rail industries.' In 2009, Unite, together with asbestos support groups and other unions, called for the government to invest millions in research, but only a limited amount of funds has been forthcoming. Unite says mesothelioma is the least researched of the top 20 cancers, a disease which has devastated millions of families worldwide.

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