Asbestos has negative influence on health, provoking the development of irreversible processes in airways and lungs. Asbestos health effects are not limited by respiratory system disorders, it affects other organs of the human body too. The most of diseases are work-related, i.e. people contact with asbestos on their work places.…
Personal Protective Equipment Against Asbestos Lung Disease
Personal protective equipment is widely used on the sites where workers contact with asbestos. This is a mandatory requirement for performing such works stated in appropriate legal documents. Operational measures are not enough to provide the necessary level of protection for people working with asbestos, and personal protection is essentially…
Arranging the Construction Site For Asbestos-Related Works
There are few legal documents that define required arrangements on the site for asbestos-related works. These are the Directives 89/654/EEC, 92/57/EEC and 92/58/EEC. Asbestos is what causes mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, pleural plaques and many other diseases. And it is highly important to provide workers with all required equipment and…
Requirements for staff handling asbestos-containing products
In the EU countries there is still a lot of work with asbestos for its demolition and various maintenance works that are a source of uncontrolled asbestos exposure. It leads to pleural mesothelioma and a range of other severe health problems. The need in minimizing these risks is obvious, and…
The Recognition of Asbestos Lung Cancer and other Diseases In Europe
Each country in Europe has its own list of occupational diseases that includes diseases that occur due to the conditions of work. Such list is required to define the employees eligible to get compensation from employers for the damage inflicted at work. If a person’s diagnosis is in the list,…
Discovery of the harmfulness of asbestos dust
At the beginning of the last century first concerns regarding the risk of development of different diseases from asbestos appeared. In the United Kingdom during the inspection of industrial factories the chief inspector reported about possible health damage from asbestos exposure, as a lot of textile workers had similar diagnosis…
Asbestos Information: Organizational Measures
The ban of asbestos acts in the EU countries. However, this doesn’t exclude the need to contact with this material in various works for removing it from buildings, utilizing asbestos-containing products, etc. Before beginning such work or even taking a tender for it, an employer must go through a range…
Legislation for Mesothelioma Causes in Europe
The direct cause of mesothelioma is asbestos exposure. The fibers of this mineral get into lungs and make irreversible changes in tissues. This malignant disease also can affect other body organs, but there are no other mesothelioma causes except asbestos. The problem is that there are some industry spheres where…
Asbestos In Buildings: How to Recognize?
Different regions of Europe used asbestos in different ways. This material is more typical for the countries of Western Europe, and the most popular material with this mineral is asbestos cement widely used for building. It’s a common knowledge that anyone can get cancer from asbestos, being exposed to it…
Early Retirement Systems For Asbestos Victims In Europe
Among various systems of compensation for asbestos exposure victims there is an early retirement system adopted in France and Italy. This system deals with people who got mesothelioma diagnosis or other physical injuries as a result of contact with asbestos. In Italy this system came in force in 1992 when…