Braun Lundy, Greene Anna, Manseau Marc, Singhal Raman, Kisting Sophie, Jacobs Nancy
Department of Pathology, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2003 Jul-Sep;9(3):194-205. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.3.194.
Despite irrefutable evidence that asbestos causes asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma, asbestos mining, milling, and manufacturing continue. The authors discuss three scientific debates over the roles of fiber types, viruses, and genetics in the development of mesothelioma. While these controversies might appear internal to science and unconnected to policies of the global asbestos industry, they argue that scientific debates, whether or not fostered by industry, play a central role in shaping conceptualization of the problem of asbestos-related disease. In South Africa, India, and elsewhere, these controversies help to make the disease experience of asbestos-exposed workers and people in asbestos-contaminated communities invisible, allowing the asbestos industry to escape accountability for its practices.
尽管有确凿证据表明石棉会导致石棉肺、肺癌和间皮瘤，但石棉开采、研磨和制造仍在继续。作者讨论了关于纤维类型、病毒和遗传学在间皮瘤发展中的作用的三场科学辩论。虽然这些争议可能看起来是科学界内部的，与全球石棉行业的政策无关，但他们认为，科学辩论，无论是否由行业推动，在塑造与石棉相关疾病问题的概念化方面都起着核心作用。在南非、印度和其他地方，这些争议使得石棉接触工人和石棉污染社区居民的疾病经历变得不为人知，从而使石棉行业得以逃避其行为的责任。
