Activists call for a ban on world's asbestos

Asbestos, the dangerous building material relating to potentially fatal health problems including cancer and lung cancer the focus of a worldwide debate, to prohibit its use in developing countries has been problems.

The suffering of the serious side effects such as anti-asbestos activists and asbestos victims - Mesothelioma or asbestosis - met in Turin, Italy, the worldwide ban and Justice against the organizations that use the material to continue to discuss.

Due to their low-cost nature of the material is a favourite in developing countries, partially, because it has been banned in other countries, including the European Union since 2005. Many of the harmful side effects, such as the lung cancer mesothelioma, take to top of 30 to 40 years to manifest, to identify, which complicates the first exposure to asbestos.

The largest class-action suits in the world, is an Italian mesothelioma lawsuit claim a large construction company. Asbestos has contamination more than 6,000 people in Italy affected and claimed the lives of at least 2,000. The plaintiff - inhabitants of the four Italian cities, where the company had factories as well as former employees who handled the material - are to seek compensation expected to be several million euros.

Ban asbestos, a worldwide organization, which ban fibrous material and is "at the end of impunity" due to parties, which organized the meeting with asbestos.

Although many countries the substance, as Brazil have banned their ban constitutional, was judged either does not have other countries to ban, or look down on companies that continue to use the substance.

The United States adopt banned despite several attempts by lobby groups, a nationwide ban on products that less than one percent asbestos does not contain.

However, no bans have developing countries such as India, which allows free hand for the country to import to use the material from Russia and Canada housing material for the poor.

Many living in deprived areas have very limited, if any access to legal resources warn them about the potential dangers of asbestos construction materials. Even if they Mesothelioma or an other asbestos in connection related disease contract, it would be difficult to turn you to a Mesothelioma lawyer before court against the company to represent that continue to use the hazardous material - despite the known risks.

Asbestos should be performed only by a licensed professional due to the hazardous nature of the material. The World Health Organization has stated that is not secure the carcinogen that make it very difficult, to prevent limit only the use of future health problems. Stakeholders claim that a total ban required, ensure comprehensive protection against asbestos.

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