Globalization and the Transfer of Hazardous Industry: Asbestos in Mexico, 1979–2000
| Autor: | Francisco Raúl Sánchez Román, Juan Humberto Vázquez Grameix, Steven B. Markowitz, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila, Cuauhtémoc Arturo Juárez-Pérez, Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Mesothelioma
Public Policy medicine.disease_cause Hazardous Substances Asbestos Globalization Hazardous waste Occupational Exposure Environmental health medicine Humans Mexico Pleural mesothelioma Commerce Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure History 20th Century medicine.disease United States Geography Mortality data Carcinogens Christian ministry |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 9:272-279 |
| ISSN: | 2049-3967 1077-3525 |
| DOI: | 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.3.272 |
| Popis: | This study quantified asbestos use in Mexico in the past decade and evaluated available data on mortality due to malignant mesothelioma in Mexico between 1979 and 2000. Mortality data were analyzed from secondary databases of the Mexican Social Security System and the Ministry of Health. Data on the import and export of asbestos in Mexico were obtained from the Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development of Mexico. Deaths due to pleural mesothelioma significantly increased in this period. Although the import of asbestos declined, the number of Mexican products that contain asbestos tripled. Export of Mexican asbestos-containing products to Central America grew rapidly in the last ten years of the study. Mexico continues the appreciable use of asbestos and has experienced a significant increase in the occurrence of the sentinel asbestos-related disease, malignant mesothelioma. Given the many limitations to the control of hazardous work exposures in Mexico, a ban on asbestos is advocated as the most feasible means of limiting an epidemic of asbestos-related disease. |
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