Asbestos consumption, asbestos exposure and asbestos-related occupational diseases in Germany
- 8 March 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin
- Vol. 79 (8), 613-620
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0091-x
Abstract
Like in most industrial countries, asbestos is a leading cause of occupational diseases, especially malignant diseases, in Germany. Following the increased consumption of asbestos after World War I, the recognition of asbestos related diseases developed. At the end of the 1930s, Germany was the first country to accept lung cancer in combination with asbestosis as an occupational disease and to initiate the endeavor for reduction of asbestos dust exposure. Nevertheless after World War II the usage of asbestos increased dramatically. The ban of asbestos first came into force in 1993. Until this time several hundreds of thousands of workers had inhaled asbestos and the number of asbestos related diseases increased. In this review the history and current status on asbestos consumption, asbestos exposure and asbestos related occupational diseases in Germany is presented.Keywords
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