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Julie Gundlach plays with her daughter, Madeline Young, 7, at their home in St. Louis, Missouri. Gundlach has mesothelioma- a disease caused by exposure to asbestos, which many believe she contracted by secondary exposure- her father was an electrician in Madison County, Missouri. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat/MCT)
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Banned or restricted in 52 countries, asbestos use is growing quickly in developing countries like India. (Sonumadhavan/MCT)
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Migrant workers are hired to work asbestos mines in Andhra Pradesh, India. Many have little protection from the toxic fibers. (Sonumadhavan/MCT)
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Workers at an asbestos mine in Udaipur, India, toil under dangerous conditions. (Sonumadhavan/MCT)
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An asbestos mine worker does his job in Andhra Pradesh, India. Use of the toxic mineral in construction materials is increasing rapidly. (Sonumadhavan/MCT)
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Asbestos-containing products like this piece of sheeting are illegal in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, but a nationwide ban has yet to take effect. (Felipe Lima/MCT)
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Illegal asbestos gaskets were found by federal labor inspector Fernanda Giannasi in a small business on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Felipe Lima/MCT)
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A product with asbestos was seized by labor inspectors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The warning label says: "Caution! This product contains asbestos. Do not breathe asbestos dust. The danger is highest for smokers." (Felipe Lima/MCT)
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Children in the Mexico City suburb of Iztapalapa crowd a fruit stand across the street from the American Roll factory, which makes asbestos brake linings. Residents have complained about emissions from the plant for years. Mexico is on the cusp of an epidemic of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that could take 5,000 lives per year, the doctor says. (Jose Corea/MCT)
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Dr. Guadalupe Aguilar Madrid, a physician shown in her office at the Mexican Social Security Institute, predicts an epidemic of asbestos-related disease in Mexico because of uncontrolled use of the fibrous mineral. Mexico is on the cusp of an epidemic of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that could take 5,000 lives per year, the doctor says. (Jose Corea/MCT)
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Retired workers from the now-demolished Eternit asbestos cement plant in Osasco, Brazil, conduct a moment of silence for those who have died. (Felipe Lima/MCT)
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