Medical records pertaining to asbestosis or mesothelioma must be extracted from the archives of the past. Without clinical history collection and recovery of the warnings of imminent coming of asbestosis and only witness of the sufferings of a patient with asbestosis or death languishing in a mesothelioma cancer patient.

Asbestosis and mesothelioma statistics are very undervalued due to lack of many nations to implement an efficient recovery of properly care for physicians and patients to diagnose lung disease who suffer from asbestosis or mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos.

In many countries, physicians are able to correctly diagnose the disease is rarely, if ever, available. These same countries often have poor outcomes maintenance of systems to monitor health trends and study the medical records. Many times, asbestosis and mesothelioma are just for reference? Lung disease? without a proper determination of the classification of lung disease.

Years before these progressive lung diseases begin to show their presence in the healing, but a file of medical history can facilitate correct diagnosis, and the national archives of medical records can provide early warning. Despite this knowledge, India has no record of cancer, nor do they have a system of registration of cases of asbestosis and mesothelioma. In the Philippines, the Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) reports that diseases caused by asbestos will be under diagnosed due to low participation of employers in the filing of medical records to a central body. (Less than 5% of employers do so.)

In Brazil, where companies are rushing to cover the consequences of occupational hazards or ill will, medical records are almost non-existent for asbestos workers. The Eternit asbestos plant in Brazil has had asbestos workers for more than 50 years, but there was always medical records before 1978. In China, death records are purged and permanently deleted after death, leaving no source to document trends in deaths or comparisons and similarities between diseases. And although China is one of the top five asbestos producers and users in the world, this country still has a minimal amount of empirical studies on the consequences of exposure to asbestos.

Fortunately, in many countries the permissible exposure limits are being reduced, inspections are still high, and politicians and corporations are being pressured. Environmental groups and agencies continue to test protection of asbestos materials and to promote permanent ban. Unfortunately, politics and businesses still governing asbestos irresponsible promotions, and millions of innocent people are not aware of its dangers. The lack of public awareness has led to a fatal economic dependence on asbestos.

Asbestosis and mesothelioma deaths must be registered, death records the need to maintain, and the medical records of workers to asbestos need to be compiled for a full realization of the statistical and economic effects of the world? Asbestosis and mesothelioma growing crisis. Asbestosis and mesothelioma registries are useless, however, unless they are used to promote change and development of public awareness? which is precisely what the nations mining and trade are afraid.