Recent Scientific Evidence Regarding Asbestos Use and Health Consequences of Asbestos Exposure
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Abstract
To justify the continuous use of two million tons of asbestos every year, it has been argued that a safe/controlled use can be achieved. The aim of this review was to identify recent scientific studies that present empirical evidence of: 1) health consequences resulting from past asbestos exposures and 2) current asbestos exposures resulting from asbestos use. Articles with evidence that could support or reject the safe/controlled use argument were also identified. A total of 155 articles were included in the review, and 87 % showed adverse asbestos health consequences or high asbestos exposures. Regarding the safe/controlled use, 44 articles were identified, and 82 % had evidence suggesting that the safe/controlled use is not being achieved. A large percentage of articles with evidence that support the safe/controlled use argument have a conflict of interest declared. Most of the evidence was developed in high-income countries and in countries that have already banned asbestos.
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Asbestos Safe/controlled use Conflict of interest Scientific evidenceNotes
Acknowledgments
The financial support provided by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from Universidad de los Andes is greatly appreciated. The authors thank Dr. Benedetto Terracini, Dr. Pietro Comba, Daniela Marsili, and Roberto Pasetto for their useful suggestions on this work. We also acknowledge Juliana Uribe and David Infante for their help.
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Conflict of Interest
Manuela Valenzuela, Margarita Giraldo, Sonia Gallo-Murcia, Juliana Pineda, Laura Santos, and Juan Pablo Ramos-Bonilla have no conflict of interest to declare.
Humans and Animal Rights and Informed Consent
This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.
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