National Use of Asbestos in Relation to Economic Development

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• Personal Author:
  Delgermaa V ; Furuya S ; Higashi T ; Hoshuyama T ; Karjalainen A ; Le GV ; Miyamura Y ; Pan GW ; Takahashi K ; Wagner G
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: National disparities in asbestos use will likely lead to an unequal burden of asbestos diseases. OBJECTIVES: As economic status may be linked to asbestos use, we assessed, globally, the relationship between indicators of national economic development and asbestos use. METHODS: For the 135 countries that have ever used asbestos, per capita asbestos use (kilograms per capita per year) was compared with per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 1990 Geary-Khamis dollars (GKD) for the period 1920-2003. Countries were grouped into three income levels (high, middle, and low) that were adapted from the 2003 World Bank categories. RESULTS: The historical pattern of asbestos use followed the environmental Kuznets curve in which use by high-income countries peaked when incomes attained 10,000-15,000 GKD and essentially ceased at income levels over 20,000 GKD. Currently, middle- and low-income countries are increasing their use of asbestos, closely following the paths once traced by higher income countries. CONCLUSIONS: Developing countries have the opportunity to eliminate asbestos use sooner than high-income countries and thus reduce the future burden of asbestos diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Asbestos-products Asbestos Use Author Keywords: Asbestos Diseases Biological-effects Biological-monitoring Economic Development Environmental Kuznets Curve Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Income Level Inflection Points Toxic-effects

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• ISSN:
  0091-6765
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  116-119
• Volume:
  118
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036350
• Citation:
  Environ Health Perspect 2010 Jan; 118(1):116-119
• Contact Point Address:
  Ken Takahashi, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka 1-1, Yahatanishiku, Kitakyushu City, Japan
• Email:
  ktaka@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Health Perspectives
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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