International Mesothelioma can take up to 10 million euros less than the global ban is subject to control by the international scientific society includes the health and the environment.Society, said the Collegium Ramazzini, by researchers from the United States composed, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Canada, South Africa and India, the asbestos-related diseases and deaths are entirely preventable, but c This is a tragedy that the international mesothelioma have increased in recent years.
In an article published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers say the risk of exposure to asbestos are not controlled by work practices and technologies, and that the correct action is to implement a worldwide ban on asbestos removal and production.
exposed, according to the World Health Organization, approximately 125 million people worldwide to asbestos in their workplace.
Carcinogenic to say, claimed asbestos 43,000 in 2000, and researchers believe that cases of mesothelioma International reach 10 million, if the ban is enforced.
All types of asbestos cause asbestosis can, lung cancer, larynx cancer and mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lungs or abdomen caused by asbestos. The symptoms are usually not apparent until after 30 or more years of exposure in the workplace.
The European Union banned all asbestos-containing products, but the U.S. continues to import asbestos from Russia, China, Brazil, Canada, Zimbabwe and Colombia.
The conditions at work in these countries offer little or no protection of workers against the hazards of asbestos, and there are fears that the international mesothelioma may be increased, more clearly in those countries in the future.
