In 1944 a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company report found 42 cases of asbestosis among 195 asbestos miners. Millions of homes factories schools or sheds and shelters continue to use asbestos. What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page. 44 edit New Zealand In 1984 the import of raw amphibole blue and brown asbestos into New Zealand was banned.