LEAD: Asbestos-affected people start applying for gov't aid+
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[March 20, 2006]

LEAD: Asbestos-affected people start applying for gov't aid+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, March 20_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS)

People suffering from asbestos-linked diseases and those who lost relatives to such illnesses on Monday started applying for government financial aid prior to the implementation next week of a new relief law for asbestos victims.

The law was passed in the aftermath of the revelation in June last year that many workers at a factory in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, had died of asbestos-linked disease, and that nearby residents, too, had health problems apparently caused by the material.



Subsequent reports about asbestos-linked health damage prompted the government to prepare the legislation, under which the state will cover medical expenses and recuperation fees for the sufferers of asbestos-linked diseases, including mesothelioma, a kind of cancer, and some of the funeral costs for those who died.

Bereaved families of former factory employees who failed to seek payments through workers' accident compensation liability insurance before the expiration of deadlines are to apply to the nearest labor standards inspection offices.



Applications besides those cases will be accepted at the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, 11 regional offices under the Environment Ministry, and some public healthcare centers.

A total of 79 applications have been submitted to the agency, environment regional offices and public healthcare centers, including applications submitted via mail, according to the Environment Ministry. There have been 426 telephone inquiries, with 130 direct inquiries.

Among the 79 applications, the largest portion at 36 -- 20 by patients and 16 by bereaved families -- were submitted to the public healthcare center in Amagasaki, the ministry said.

A ministry official in charge is expecting the number of applications to increase substantially from the latter half of this week.

Asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma, lung cancer and other health problems when inhaled. It was used extensively in Japan as an insulation material until the mid-1980s.

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