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The doctors and the dockers.

Morris Greenberg1

  • 1gillmorris.greenberg@btinternet.com

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
|May 28, 2004
PubMed
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London dockers were wrongly reassured about asbestos risks in 1965. Historical data reveals significant cancer mortality among dockers, particularly lung cancer, underscoring the dangers of asbestos exposure.

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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Toxicology

Background:

  • In 1965, London dockers received conflicting advice regarding asbestos exposure risks.
  • An eminent physician warned of serious risks, while a medical panel downplayed the dangers.

Observation:

  • Despite reassurances, dockers continued unloading asbestos cargo.
  • Concerns were raised periodically by dockers in various ports but were consistently allayed.

Findings:

  • Historical health statistics indicate dockers faced significant cancer mortality.
  • Analysis of early 20th-century data showed dockers had high cancer death rates.
  • Registrar General reports consistently showed elevated lung cancer mortality ratios for dockers.

Implications:

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  • The 1965 medical assessment of asbestos risk for dockers was dangerously flawed.
  • Delayed recognition of asbestos-related diseases, like malignant mesothelioma, led to preventable deaths.
  • This case highlights the critical importance of considering occupational health statistics in risk assessment.