Jul 1 2010
The July 2010 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) will feature a call for an international ban on the mining and use of all forms of asbestos, including chrysotile asbestos. The commentary by Joseph LaDou, MD, and other Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini demonstrates clearly the need for an international ban on all forms of asbestos: although 52 countries have banned asbestos, many others still use the mineral, exposing millions of people to an agent for which there is no scientifically verified safe level. LaDou contends, "All asbestos-related diseases are preventable if asbestos is banned globally."
石棉是一组天然发生的纤维矿物的一般术语,具有高抗拉力,柔韧性以及对热,化学和电气条件的耐药性。自工业革命以来,石棉已用于建筑材料,例如建筑物,汽车零件,混凝土增强的水管和水泥,因为其耐用性。亚博网站下载
石棉石棉占当前生产的所有石棉的近100%,自1900年以来全球使用的所有石棉中,有95%。年度世界石棉的生产仍然超过200万公吨。估计全世界有1.25亿人在工作中暴露于石棉,在仍在使用石棉产品的国家 /地区可能会暴露更多的石棉。这包括几个发展中国家。
美国环境保护署,国际癌症研究机构和美国国家毒理学计划已宣布所有形式的石棉被证明是人类致癌物。在许多其他不良健康影响中,石棉还会引起石棉病,一种逐渐使人衰弱的肺部疾病。每年估计全世界估计有成千上万的石棉相关死亡发生。
Although industry maintains chrysotile asbestos can be used safely under controlled conditions, exposures occur due to inadequate use of protective equipment or engineering controls, particularly in developing countries with limited resources or regulations to protect workers. In addition, general populations are exposed when asbestos is released from products that contain it-for example, when older buildings are demolished for urban renewal projects or when asbestos-bearing materials begin to degrade.
EHP will publish an editorial in the July 2010 issue supporting the call for an international ban on asbestos. Linda Birnbaum, PhD, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Toxicology Program, Jane Schroeder, DVM, PhD, science editor of EHP, and Hugh Tilson, PhD, editor-in-chief of EHP, authored the editorial. EHP is also running a feature article that discusses the renewed call to ban and how asbestos is being addressed by countries around the world.
"An international ban on asbestos will help safeguard the public from the many documented, harmful health effects associated with the substance," said Tilson. "The ban will symbolize a united front to combat the dire consequences of continued use of asbestos."
EHP七月问yabo214题中的这些文章只是组织重新努力的一部分,以支持国际禁令对所有形式的石棉进行采矿和使用。Collegium Ramazzini上次发布了一项呼吁国际禁令在1999年禁止采矿和使用石棉。现在,世界组织在2010年再次呼吁该禁令。
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The commentary, editorial, and news feature will be available July 1 at http://www.ehponline.org/.