Figure 6.

The use of asbestos is declining in many countries of the world, but is being transferred from high- to low-income counties and emerging economies (from Cancer Atlas, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, 2014; adapted from: Virta RL. Worldwide asbestos supply and consumption trends from 1900 through 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1298. Reston, VA; United States Geological Survey; 2006. Available from http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2006/1298/c1298.pdf , accessed July 25, 2014.). * The top seven Western European consumers in 1970: UK, Italy, W. Germany, E. Germany, France, Spain, and Belgium/Luxembourg. †USSR for 1970; Russia and Kazakhstan for 2003.