A recent government report released by Safe Work Australia predicts that Mesothelioma will continue to rise in Australia until the year 2017.

The company Safe Work Australia develops national policy on occupational health and safety issues. They claim that the number of new cases of Mesothelioma has risen from 156 cases in 1982 to 597 cases in the year 2005.

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