Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

People with mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases worldwide may benefit in the future from the work of a new Australia-based research organization. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) the Asbestos Research Group, based in Brisbane at Wesley Research Institute, will examine the progression of diseases like mesothelioma, and the impact of reduced lung capacity.

The group was founded by Karen Banton, whose husband, Bernie Banton, died of mesothelioma in November 2007. Mr. Banton was a high-profile spokesperson for asbestos disease in Australia. He contracted mesothelioma after working for building materials company James Hardie, according to a report in the Brisbane Times.

According to the ABC report, Dr. Roger Allen at Wesley Hospital says 27,000 Australians are expected to die of mesothelioma in the next 40 years. He is quoted as saying, “We don’t even know why certain types of asbestos cause mesothelioma. They occur in various ratios so that some types of asbestos fibres are more virulent than other, are more likely to produce cancer. They’re really basic questions that we can’t even answer.”

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