석면과 환경성 질환

• 영문명: Asbestos and Environmental Disease
• 발행기관: 한국환경보건학회
• 저자명: 안종주(Jong-Ju Ahn)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국환경보건학회지』제35권 제6호, 538~541쪽, 전체 4쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 환경공학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.12.30

영문 초록

Humans have a long history of asbestos use. There are reports from the Roman era, of asbestos victims among the slaves who worked in asbestos mines. The fact that asbestos can induce lung cancer and mesothelioma was verified epidemiologically in the 1960s. Asbestos related diseases are predominantly occupational in nature but can be caused by environmental exposure. Environmental mesothelioma is mainly associated with tremolite asbestos and this information comes from many countries including Turkey, Greece, Corsica, New Caledonia and Cyprus. In 1993, the first case of mesothelioma in Korea was reported in an asbestos textile worker. Recently, some asbestos disease victims who lived near an asbestos factory have their cases before the courts. A series of recent asbestos-related events in Korea, for example, the shocking revelation of asbestos containing talc in baby powders have caused the general public to become aware of the health risks of asbestos exposure. Asbestos related diseases are characterized by a long latency period, especially, mesothelioma which has no threshold of safety. Hence the best strategy for preventing asbestos related diseases is to decrease asbestos exposure levels to as low as possible.

키워드

Asbestos mesothelioma environmental disease baby powder