Japan’s Late action against mesothelioma
The mesothelioma is a horrible disease, in which the division of cells mésothélium begin quickly to start and to survive, the other cells. This leads to tumors, and they can stand in the whole body. These tumors may not cancer cells or cancer cells. When cancer cells, they are known as malignant mesothelioma. If they are not cancer cells, they are known as a benign form of mesothelioma. The malignant form leads to instant death, but the benign is not a question of death. However, it affects the patient for his entire life. There is no known cure for mesothelioma. The cause mesothelioma well known. The mesothelioma is a result of exposure to asbestos fibers or asbestos dust. As asbestos is undermined, manufactured and used, many of asbestos dust to be released. This minute dust containing asbestos fibres, which are easy and invisible. This makes the air, and they are easily inhaled by the people through the nose and mouth.
If they are inhaled, they travel through the body of organs in the body. The organs of the body have an outer layer called mésothélium fodder. This surface is associated with asbestos fibers or asbestos dust, he responded negatively. It starts quickly divided. Also, the life span of cells increased mésothélium. This leads to tumors in the body and in this condition is known as mesothelioma. Mesothelioma magic ‘Death and Dying’. There is no known cure for this terrible disease, and the only step that can be undertaken to control the spread of this disease is that a comprehensive ban on the mining, manufacture and use of the ‘asbestos worldwide.
Britain was the first country to ban asbestos. United States even after the example of the United Kingdom. While most western countries awoke the harmful effects of asbestos, in the east have refused to see the light. A country that was very late to wake up was Japan. The main reason is the irresponsibility and indifference of officials in Japan. In the immediate, currency, the gains achieved blind Japan in the future, the harmful effects of asbestos. Japan totally neglected public health, and it is only in 2002 that Japan has a complete ban on all types of asbestos. This measure was adopted by the United States to Japan under pressure to take this step. Japan is the second-largest in the world of business. The people in Japan are rich and taught, but also in the field of public health is ignored. If so, the situation in Japan, I shuddered at the situation in the other countries of Eastern Europe.
Thus, more than 50% of men smoke, Japan. Smoking in connection with asbestos exposure increases the risk of mesothelioma. It is expected that more than one lakh people die in Japan, because of a mesothelioma, by the year 2040. Mesothelioma has a very long latency period. The discrepancy between asbestos exposure and the onset of the disease, in Japan in the magnitude of 20 to 30 years. As in Japan, the end of the ban on asbestos, the impact of this will be in the next 30 years.
Japan has begun to asbestos at the end of the 19th Century. Also at that time in Japan, I was not, the asbestos. He only imported asbestos. Only in the course of the Second World War in Japan, the asbestos. Instead, it has developed its own by 50 mines. Now, all of these mines are closed. The import of asbestos is still in Japan in the years 1960 - 1980. The largest amounts of asbestos arrow in the imports into Japan 352160 tonnes in 1974.
After that, Japan started to slowly wake up the harmful effects of asbestos. One by one, each type of asbestos was banned. In 1988, the blue asbestos was initially banned. Then, in 1993, asbestos was banned brown. For a long time, Japan argues that the white asbestos is not dangerous when used with the appropriate guarantees. Finally, it will be until the year 2002, the white asbestos is banned. However, the building, the seals in the industry in the strings, etc.… that asbestos in the production continue. A complete ban of asbestos in Japan is still a few years longer to be a reality.
Although Japan is too late to act, the first case of asbestosis was in Japan in 1937. In 1960, the first case of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos was in Japan. It is the first case of mesothelioma was in Japan in 1973. Almost 6 people die every year millions of people in Japan because of mesothelioma. And for all mesothelioma cases, there are 2 cases of lung cancer associated with asbestos. Even with such shocking statistics, Japan has been too slow to take all appropriate measures. Only the enormous pressure, the US, Japan, which has decided to offer all types of asbestos. Also, there is no proper diagnosis and incorrect diagnosis numerous cases of mesothelioma. Many cases of mesothelioma is not as well known. How do you expect that the statistics may be even worse than that.
Also, the number of Japanese men seem to be more in comparison to the women in Japan, in order to be affected by this disease. Maybe it’s because more than 50% of Japanese men are smokers. The smokers are in the asbestos fibres have a higher risk of disease compared to non-smokers. The best thing we can say is that in Japan, at least for now, he woke. Although late, it is much better than ever before! But there are also countries like India and China, is no sign that the comprehensive ban on all types of asbestos. It is high time that these countries raise in the footsteps of their western counterparts.