The Case for a Global Ban on Asbestos

LaDou, Joseph; Castleman, Barry; Frank, Arthur L.; Gochfeld, Michael; Greenberg, Morris; Huff, James; Joshi, Tushar Kant; Landrigan, Philip J.; Lemen, Richard A.; Myers, Jonny; Soffritti, Morando; Soskolne, Colin L.; Takahashi, Ken; Teitelbaum, Daniel T.; Terracini, Benedetto; Watterson, Andrew

doi:10.1289/ehp.1002285

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“…The absorption bands centred at about 1,420 and 880 cm -1 were due to the m 3 and m 2 modes of CO 3 -2 , while those centred at about 1,000 cm -1 came from SiO 4 -4 [15]. The weak absorption bands at 1,100 cm -1 , which are visible as an inflection point, correspond to the modes of SO 4 -2 . The presence of carbonates, silicates and sulphates is evident due to the nature of asbestos-cement, which contains set cement.…”

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“…In the past, asbestos minerals were used in about 3,000 different commercial products [3]. Chrysotile Mg 3 (OH) 4 2 (brown asbestos) had the largest industrial applications and were widely used in the past [4,5].…”

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“…It was a very inexpensive and popular building material. Yet it is commonly known that asbestos minerals have carcinogenic properties [4] and that the risk of asbestos-related diseases is associated with inhalation of respirable asbestos fibres into the respiratory system [6]. In Poland, according to estimates, there are over 15 million tonnes of asbestos waste, of which over 90 % comprises asbestos-cement wastes [7].…”

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Thermal decomposition of asbestos-containing materials

Kusiorowski

Zaremba

Piotrowski

et al. 2013

J Therm Anal Calorim

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Asbestos is the common name applied to a group of natural, fibrous silicate minerals, which were once one of the most popular raw materials to be used in building materials. Asbestos was mainly used for the production of assortment asbestos-cement products. Today it is generally known that asbestos belongs to the group of hazardous materials and shows carcinogenic activity. In Poland, asbestos-containing materials are stored in special landfills. This is not the final solution to the asbestos problem because the fibrous structure of asbestos is still maintained. Therefore, methods based on recycling must be found which will be able to destroy asbestos' dangerous fibrous structure. One of these methods may be thermal decomposition, where chemically combined water is released from the asbestos materials during heating. This leads to changes in the crystal structure and to the formation of new mineral phases. The aim of the preliminary research presented in this study was to determine the thermal behaviour as well as the structural and phase transformations of asbestos-cement materials during heating to high temperature. In the present study, three different types of asbestos-containing materials from Poland were examined. Differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry with evolved gas analysis, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to study the thermal decomposition of asbestos-cement samples. It was found that there were no significant differences between the type of asbestos-cement samples used-their thermal decomposition takes place in a similar way.

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Thermal decomposition of asbestos-containing materials

Kusiorowski

Zaremba

Piotrowski

et al. 2013

J Therm Anal Calorim

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“…In order to eliminate asbestos-related diseases, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization have strongly recommended stopping the use of all types of asbestos (WHO 2006). The production and use of asbestoscontaining materials has been banned in 55 countries (LaDou et al 2010;International Ban Asbestos Secretariat 2014), including, from 1 January 2005, all EU countries (Commission Directive 1999/77/EC).…”

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Determinants influencing the amount of asbestos-cement roofing in Poland

Wilk

Krówczyńska

Pabjanek

2015

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Because of its harmfulness to human health, asbestos has been banned in 55 countries, including the EU. In Poland, the use and production of asbestos and asbestos-containing products has been forbidden since 1997. However, there is no precise data about the amount of asbestoscontaining products to be eliminated from the territory of Poland. This survey aims to identify characteristics that have a significant impact on the estimation of asbestos-containing products used in Poland. Statistical correlation between the results of the physical inventory count done in 155 municipalities was examined. As a result of the survey it was found that the amount of asbestos-cement roofing depends on the following factors: the number of individual farms in the village, the distance from the asbestos manufacturing plants, the age of the buildings and the economic situation of municipality. The results obtained may contribute to the ability to predict the amount of asbestos-containing products used in other municipalities.

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“…(NTP RoC, 2004). The Collegium Ramazzini has continued to call for an international ban on asbestos because its export to developing countries is creating a pandemic of asbestos cancer (LaDou et al, 2010). At least 125 million people in the world are still exposed to asbestos in their work environments, whereas the world's current production of asbestos continues at an alarming rate.…”

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