Le scientifique américain Hofman, qui travaillait en tant que statisticien pour la Prudential Insurance Company, écrivait à ce sujet en 1918: « It may be said, in conclusion, that practice of American and Canadian life insurance companies, asbestos workers are generally declined on the account of the assumed health injurious condicions of the industry (4) ».
De Amerikaanse wetenschapper Hofman, die als statisticus verbonden was aan de Prudential Insurance Company, schreef hierover in 1918 : « It may be said, in conclusion, that practice of American and Canadian life insurance companies, asbestos workers are generally declined on the account of the assumed health injurious condicions of the industry (4) ».
