Italy
In the Piedmont region of Italy, a historical cohort in Grugliasco (just outside of Turin) comprised of 1653 workers of an asbestos textile plant operating from 1900 until 1986 was reportedly exposed heavily "to pure chrysotile asbestos alone, with negligible amphibole contamination." Statistically significant excesses in overall mortality, asbestosis, cardiovascular diseases, and multiple cancers including mesothelioma in men and women are reported in a preconference abstract without giving the actual number of cases (Mamo and Costa, 2004), but PubMed had not cited the publication of this work at press time.