Commentary to the article lung function not affected by asbestos exposure in workers with normal Computed Tomography scan, by Schikowsky, Felten, et al., 2017

Baur, Xaver; Terracini, Benedetto; Belpoggi, Fiorella; Budnik, Lygia Therese; Woitowitz, H.‐J.; Soskolne, Colin L.

doi:10.1002/ajim.22772

American J Industrial Med

2018

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22772

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Commentary to the article lung function not affected by asbestos exposure in workers with normal Computed Tomography scan, by Schikowsky, Felten, et al., 2017

Xaver Baur¹,

Benedetto Terracini

Fiorella Belpoggi

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“…We thank Prof. Baur and colleagues for their comments and suggestions . The issues raised by Prof. Baur have been discussed by the investigators and are answered as follows.…”

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Ongoing downplaying of the carcinogenicity of chrysotile asbestos by vested interests

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Frank

2021

J Occup Med Toxicol

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Industries that mine, manufacture and sell asbestos or asbestos-containing products have a long tradition of promoting the use of asbestos, while placing the burden of economic and health costs on workers and society. This has been successfully done in recent years and decades in spite of the overwhelming evidence that all asbestos types are carcinogenic and cause asbestosis. In doing so, the asbestos industry has undermined the WHO campaign to reach a worldwide ban of asbestos and to eliminate asbestos-related diseases. Even worse, in recent years they succeeded in continuing asbestos mining and consuming in the range of about 1.3 million tons annually. Nowadays, production takes place predominantly in Russia, Kazakhstan and China. Chrysotile is the only asbestos type still sold and represents 95% of asbestos traded over the last century.The asbestos industry, especially its PR agency, the International Chrysotile Association, ICA, financed by asbestos mining companies in Russia, Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe and asbestos industrialists in India and Mexico, continues to be extremely active by using slogans such as chrysotile can be used safely.Another approach of the asbestos industry and of some of its insurance agencies is to broadly defeat liability claims of asbestos victims.In doing so they systematically use inappropriate science produced by their own and/or by industry-affiliated researchers. Some of the latter were also engaged in producing defense material for other industries including the tobacco industry. Frequent examples of distributing such disinformation include questioning or denying established scientific knowledge about adverse health effects of asbestos. False evidence continues to be published in scientific journals and books.The persisting strong influence of vested asbestos-related interests in workers and public health issues including regulations and compensation necessitate ongoing alertness, corrections and appropriate reactions in scientific as well as public media and policy advisory bodies.

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Commentary to the article lung function not affected by asbestos exposure in workers with normal Computed Tomography scan, by Schikowsky, Felten, et al., 2017

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Ongoing downplaying of the carcinogenicity of chrysotile asbestos by vested interests

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