Globalization and the transfer of hazardous industry:: Asbestos in Mexico, 1979-2000

被引:19
作者
Aguilar-Madrid, G
Juárez-Pérez, CA
Markowitz, S
Hernández-Avila, M
Román, FRS
Grameix, JHV
机构
[1] Inst Mexicano Seguro Social, Area Calificac & Evaluac Enfermedades Trabajo, Ctr Med Nacl Siglo XXI, Col Doctores 62508, DF, Mexico
[2] CUNY, Ctr Biol Nat Syst, Queens Coll, New York, NY 10021 USA
[3] Mt Sinai Sch Med, New York, NY USA
[4] Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Ctr Invest Salud Poblac, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
[5] Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Direcc Informat & Geog Med, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
关键词
mortality; pleural mesothelioma; asbestos; imports; exports; Mexico;
D O I
10.1179/oeh.2003.9.3.272
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 [公共卫生与预防医学]; 120402 [社会医学与卫生事业管理];
摘要
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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页码:272 / 279
页数:8
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