Cancer-heavy NCaledonia launches asbestos study
(AFP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070216/hl_afp/ncaledoniafrancehealthasbestos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070216/capt.sge.szs30.160207095552.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=Yv4.BEX_KBxLdeC6e94zMw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="View of the Goro Nickel mining projectin Noumea, New Caledonia. A major investigation is underway in New Caledonia to find out where asbestos, blamed for an unusually high rate of lung cancer on the French Pacific island territory, occurs in the environment.(AFP/File/Marc Le Chelard)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A major investigation is underway in New Caledonia to find out where asbestos, blamed for an unusually high rate of lung cancer on the French Pacific island territory, occurs in the environment.</p><br clear="all"/>