Why asbestos still remains a global hazard | DW News
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Asbestos is banned in around 70 countries in the world. But some continue to use the toxic fibers. With fatal consequences. But how dangerous is asbestos really? Where are people most in danger? And how could its use be stopped?
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#asbestos
I am glad he survived at the end.
I'm a retired senior level Environmental Project Manager having worked the US and West Africa. I performed dozens of industrial facility decontaminations and decommissioning, such as smelters, power plants, battery facilities, etc. Asbestos was just one of the thousands of waste streams I had to deal with, and it was my LEAST favorite. I'd rather clean up 2 lead smelters than I had asbestos, and many times I had both. While it's true the concrete dust and demolition dust I breathed over my career was not healthy, as many have alluded to in the comments, asbestos' effects are FAR more insidious after exposure than many "particulate" non-"toxic" inhalants. If I breath in lime or concrete dust, hopefully my mucus system will encapsulate and expel it. Asbestos is like thousands of tiny crystalline harpoons piercing through lung tissue, but unlike dust, it's there for good like accumulative heavy metal poisoning. Asbestos and PCB's both began to be regulated about the same time in the US. I thought all of the developing countries, especially Germany, would have put this to bed decades ago.
I am a captain on board a merchant ship. In shipping , all ship must have a asbestos test & asbestos free certificate to trade.
My dad died of mesothelioma 35 years after he was exposed to asbestos dust at work. His office was next door to a big plant room where they were removing lagging. He reckoned it was dusty for about two weeks. That tiny period left him with a time bomb he didn’t even suspect put him at risk. He got suddenly breathless despite being really fit otherwise and the X-ray showed he had fluid from the cancer crushing one lung. He didn’t last 3 months. Terrible disease .
My dad worked at the docks, as a welder inside ship halls in the 1980ties. Last year he suddenly stopped eating and two months later he died from Asbestos related lung cancer.
May the Glorious Eternal Beloved Heavenly GOD Rest the soul of Everyone good and everyone good who died to ssbestos,Amen Eternally
he was exposed for short time and get get mesothelioma?…
@@martindobrev-u6j "he was exposed for short time and get get mesothelioma?": You just need to be exposed one time, that's it.
@@07Flash11MRC how old was he bcs mine granddad was diagnosed at his 59y
The sad thing is everybody in countries like Australia who have banned it and people seem to fear it as if its like a poisonous gas coming to get them yet have not been told of the other dangers like silicon dust ie cutting and grinding stone , concrete and the like that can give you silicosis (for example)which now many are suffering with. Education of the dangers of other commonly encountered materials should also be done.
I'm sure people are told about it but just ignore it. I worked at a job with silica dust and I was the only one who would wear a mask even though everyone knew the dangers
You can just as easily be hit by a car, can’t make the world hazard free.
@@yp77738yp77739 yeah but people also tend to look left and right before crossing the street. so you say you dont do that?
@@EudaderurScheiss 1879 was the first noted anomaly and the first formal diagnosis was in 1935. Took many decades for any action to occur. Asbestos, isn’t a problem, providing it is known where it is and it isn’t aerosolised. The same way that cars aren’t a major risk if you look left and right, however, still, far more people are killed in car accidents than die from asbestos. Or at least that’s what the empirical evidence indicates. The death stats from smoking or alcohol are far higher than both combined.
Rather like covid, the harm caused by the mitigating actions was equal or greater than the harm caused by the disease itself, that was certainly what the only sensible nation, Sweden, proved.
@yp77738yp77739 That's what i say to those crazy gun control people lol
My uncle died from asbestos caused cancer. My cousin said two of his friends from work also died the same way, and a third has it. Such a shame.
My house, which was built in the 60's, has needed asbestos removal 4 times, plus we've discovered it several times. We discovered it in the walls in 2006, then the pipes in 2007, then when we redid the kitchen in 2015, it was in the oven insulation, and also in 2015, we redid the master bathroom and there was asbestos tiles.
@II-wx4kv Yes. It was a hassle. I warned our neighbors of it because our houses were all built around the same time.
Can't say im surprised that Russia is the top producer who also lobbies internationally to keep selling it
Nothing i like more than racking up a G line of Asbestos.
Gangsta
Good video, i wonder how we can recognise signs of asbestos?
Tough call if it is mixed or embedded into other materials .
No need to worry. The video forgot to mention that asbestos is only dangerous when processed (manufacturing, construction demolition etc). So just make sure that you order asbestos checks before major renovations in your house built during the time of usage of Asbestos in your country.
There are environmental test labs which can identify asbestos for you.
My Dad's approach was to treat any suspected fibrous material as if it is asbestos. That's probably why he thought fiber glass insulation being asbestos. I suspect though that fiber glass is also highly suspect of potentially causing lung disease as does silica. I agree with his conservative approach. The shipping company provided his ships with so much extra paint that he laughed at how white they quickly painted the ship's deck before inspection and got praised by the inspector. They poured buckets of paint upon the deck and used brooms to spread it around. That was the *WHITEST* deck the inspector had ever seen ! 😂
If one has to work with asbestos dust, one should clean up afterwards using a vacuum cleaner with *HEPA* filter and wet mop the area clean.
Avoid getting any dust into the air.
As my Dad had taught me to be conservative about being exposed to asbestos, glass fiber, silica dust, etc., I only use HEPA-filter equipped vacuum cleaners nowadays to avoid generating dust. Wet mopping floors also help mitigate dust.
One should wear proper equipment such as face masks or respirators of HEPA quality and other PPEs and environmental control such as sheeting and sealing tape. When done, also take a whole-body shower and remove any dust from one's body.
The whole point is to keep asbestos fibers from being inhaled by anyone. Dust abatement can do that.
My school has older buildings, when they were removing one of the buildings in place of a new one, I saw several asbestos removal ads on the construction site's fences.
I'm now convinced that most of my school, which was built over the course of a hundred years, has asbestos on most of the rooftops.
Seeing as the building in question was in active use, it's slightly concerning.
I'm amazed that "Kazakhstan #2 producer of asbestos!" wasn't a lyric to the anthem in the Borat movie.
Until today I did not know we imported almost 400000 tonnes of it!
But I don't see its use in roofing and insulation works around me at least off-late. A short online check revealed that the nation has banned mining/preparation of asbestos fibers but has not blocked import and use in industry yet.
There is an old asbestos mine in the Eden/Lowell, Vermont that still pollutes the land from the piles of tailings from the asbestos mining.
Wizard of oz movie 1939
Used it as snowing
Great video, very informative. I have relatives died for this...
Look asbestus is noe mixed with concrete to make plycem. The name changed but the product remains.
in the EU
When I was a kid, we used to throw this asbestos roofing into fire, it explodes when heated enough. Was fun.
Because profit is more valuable than human life...
No because asbestos is a wonder fiber
I really feel sorry for anyone that uncovers this illness, due to its employer ignoring this recommendation.
Especially when many Public building used it.
And if you think you were free from it, think how many times have you been in:
- Schools;
- Hospital;
- Court.
went to home school in 8 th grade.
only been to a hospital several times in nearly 30 years of life and only once for more than a few hours,still just a few days.
i think i might've briefly been in a court house when i was i think 12, i just remember my dad had paperwork that had to be physically rushed to be delivered and i recall having to leave my knife in the car,considering it was Oakland California i was hesitant but i can't remember anything else.
im sure i might have some very limited exposure, but with my health problems i won't live long anyway so im not concerned.... im here for a good time, not for a long time.
@@bloodlove93 I am sorry to hear about your health issues.
I have been struggling myself, since my birth, with several eye diseases - which made my left eye legally blind.
And, recently, my father in Law moved with me with tongue cancer, which is a more impactful disease. Not only he stopped eating by his mouth, but also he is not able to speak as clear as before. It is an overall challenge for the entire family.
Do you have lung cancer as well as the people who contact with asbestos regularly?
I'm honestly shocked. I was certain there was general agreement among all the countries to ban asbestos, just like world get rid of CFCs products.
Immoral air-conditioning outfits disregard CFC regulations and continue to release CFC from old refrigeration equipment into the atmosphere.
was this documentary longer? I remember more being covered.
🎶Blame Canada, Blame Canada🎵
🎶 It is not even a real country anywaaaaay 🎶
I don't know India but anywhere in Europe if the building was built before 2000 you got the big prize because it is in the paint and many other materials not just eternit
Asbestos is banned in France since decades, but the price for removing asbestos is so high than private AND public deciders prefers ignore this risk and choose the cheapest building compagnies
My grandpa died of that too. He was a carpenter.
im so sorry😔 how old was he..
This report only tell the bad side of asbestos, but DW did not mention what are the merits of using asbestos? what prompt the use of asbestos instead of its counterpart? If they are no merits in using asbestos I see no reason for people to cling to its use.
It is cheap and fireproof, that is all.
@@setcheck67it filters gas too, its lightweight its the best
Don't let fear grip you either though. My grandfather and his fellow navy soldiers made asbestos mechanical parts without protection before it was known to be dangerous. None of them, including my grandfather, have any asbestos related diseases.
Studies show that Navy veterans in particular were impacted by Asbestos related diseases because of the close confines of the ship and how widespread asbestos use was. It didn’t kill everyone obviously but it killed many before their time.
to use the old joke....ah come on it can't be all that bad , it's got the word best in it.
The persistence of asbestos as a global hazard is truly concerning. It's crucial for governments worldwide to prioritize stringent regulations and enforcement to protect public health. Ignoring this issue only perpetuates the risks for generations to come.
But he was smoking as well
as far as I know the EU banned asbestos not in the 1990´s, butt in 2003. Germany banned asbestos 1in 1993.
I kind of knew a women who was originally from Germany. She had terrible lung problems as I recall, the husband had issues with cancer as I recall. Don’t know anything more but they seemed in torment and who knows what caused it all.
Asbestos isn't a toxin. When you state "working with asbestos" there is a big difference between manufacturing it, installing it, abating it or disturbing. The most common current exposures are from improper removal or disturbal.
Everyone should know where asbestos is and keep it well-maintained (such as by painting over it to bind together the asbestos fibers -- my Dad worked about three decades on British Merchant Navy ships and serviced their boilers and piping probably lined with asbestos -- he warned me upon seeing glass fiber insulation believing that it was asbestos so yes, I appreciate his efforts to guide me as well as he could as an illiterate person) not allowing it to frat and disperse into the air
Slightly wetting by spraying the asbestos first with soapy water to reduce dust creation first before painting over it can prevent its fibers from being frayed and dispersed into the air where people and pets can breathe it into their lungs.
As *undisturbed* insulation, asbestos is just like rock. Removing it from where it is to a buried site may actually create more dispersal of asbestos fibers than keeping it working where it is.
For example, asbestos on my Dad's ships' boilers and piping was immobilized with paint.
They found this in Tooting Bec Lido South West London and I swam in it before they shut it down😢
What’s this journalists name?
5:05 The Sign that welcome arriving to russian Asbest city says: "Asbestos My City My Fate" - how ironicaly true it is.
my flat has asbestos ceilings and walls the leicester city council made me sign a conncent form when i moved in had no choice!!
total ban on asbest roofs !
Tell this to my brother! He is now dead due to esbestosis. He filed a claim with B.C. Hydro due to this condition...it got him in the end...not sure where the claim went! It won't bring him back!
How old was he😊
74...he fought it till the end. He used to sweep the floors with it at B.C. Hydro Burrard thermo plant at 17 and continued to work with it before they knew it was a hazzard, back in the 60's & 70's.
@@alphagenie7716
He used to come home and his pants were covered with the dust from work. He was worried later he would infect all of us with it.
@@alphagenie7716
Asbestos roofing exposure
148 they didn't need to fight a expensive war they found another way..even used in it the old talcum powder
Demolish all this garbage from the 70s and 80s and build reconstructions of pre world war buildings- at least they were beautiful.
DW: Forgets Quebec.
The failed mining industry in the town of Asbestos is now called Val-des-sources (Sourcewater Valley)
*They created abestos on purpose, knowing full well its a silent killer*
This is just like talcum powder which is mined and is bad for health if ingested .
Most fine particles are bad to inhale - including smoke and dust.
@@justayoutuber1906 Talking about cancer.
The issue with asbestos isn’t by any means a new discovery it’s been known it’s bad for longer then I’ve been alive and I’m 42. Who in thier right mind uses this still… haven’t yet removed any that’s still within any buildings and legally they were to remove this years ago. So… again how’s this still an issue? There was a time frame back when this was talked about 40 years ago to rid all buildings of it yet .. here is a video stating otherwise…. Anyone lost on this? At this point anyone still knowingly working or living in such places would know they are and should have dealt with this long ago. Not sure sympathy for such people and places today can happen can it. Should it? Or is anger not valid over safety concerns? Just friendly thought
I can live with well-maintained asbestos in the same way that I can live with lead-acid battery in my car. I don't use or buy any asbestos-containing product anymore but I leave the existing well-maintained asbestos alone painted over. My Dad could repair boilers and piping probably insulated with asbestos for about three decades without any problem with asbestos-induced diseases. I think that his employer made sure that he knew what precautions to take.
He was conservative in not wanting to risk his health or life unnecessarily. He was probably the "designated survivor" of his parental family and he survived the influenza pandemic, the Second Sino-Japanese War, as well as WWII's U-boat torpedoing and sinking his ship in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Great Pacific War.
Eat slowly and be patient when eating fish to avoid bones. When all hope is gone, know how to surrender submissively to the ones who had torpedoed his ship. All his (over ten of them) siblings died of the scourges of diseases, biowar, and major wars.
Knowing that one's own life is precious and acting patiently with great situational awareness definitely helped.
My Dad was a fireman shoveling coal to feed the fire 🔥 boiling water to make steam in order to outrun the U-boat powered by liquid fuel, diesel.
It's like boiling tea as quickly as possible in order to avoid becoming shark food when the ship sinks below the sea surface and the boiler explodes in a huge steam explosion.
Cancer causing courtisepts
Poor Indian 🙏🙏🙏
goodluck making china comply hahaha!
WE ALL KNOW WHAT ASBESTOS IS!
Wonder when ultra left western liberal countries ban cigarettes, known cause of cancer too
Ultra left 😂
Educate yourself in politics.
@@christianzilla why do you laugh? Seems like you are an expert in politics.. can you recommend where I start?
@@pattheegreat I apologise for laughing, but your statement seemed absurd to me. I am no expert in politics, my grounding comes from observation and study. There are many good books that lend clarity and much online that muddies the waters of understanding, particularly social media (including CZcams). There is much profit in confusing people and obfuscating what left wing and right wing actually are. Also know that there has been an age old class war that is waged daily but only one class fully knows it exists. Try to learn the true definitions of names of political movements and where they truly fit on the political spectrum as there is a lot of posturing and perception management.
Cancer causing courtisepts