- Organization：Evaluation Management Division
Data Source：Ministry of Health and Welfare
- The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has classified asbestos as a Group 1 carcinogen, indicating that there is sufficient evidence to show that it can cause tumors in humans. Long-term exposure to asbestos can lead to lung cancer, laryngeal cancer, ovarian cancer, and mesothelioma. Contact with asbestos can also cause other diseases such as asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs), pleural plaques, pleural thickening, and pleural effusion.
- For more information on health hazards and asbestos-related diseases, you can visit the website of the Ministry of Health and Welfare:
The website provides medical information on health hazards and asbestos-related diseases.
