Joshi Tushar Kant, Gupta Rohit K
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, B. L. Taneja Block, Lok Nayak Hospital (Govt. of NCT of Delhi), New Delhi-110 002, India.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2003 Jul-Sep;9(3):249-53. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.3.249.
In India, locally mined asbestos is not enough for its current needs, hence a great deal of asbestos is imported from Canada. Asbestos products manufacturers have prevailed upon the government to reduce tariffs on imported material. The efforts of the health and safety professionals who joined with nongovernmental organizations to form the Ban Asbestos Network of India (BANI) are being consistently sabotaged by the industry, using its influence and false propaganda that chrysotile asbestos can be safely used in a controlled manner. Weak legislation and lack of data are being exploited by the industry to convince policymakers that asbestos use in India has caused no major health problems. Despite this, the ban-asbestos movement has gained momentum and was able to persuade government to consider banning asbestos use. With the growing strength of the movement it is expected that asbestos manufacturers may find it increasingly difficult to manipulate the government in the future.
在印度，本地开采的石棉不足以满足其当前需求，因此大量石棉从加拿大进口。石棉产品制造商说服政府降低进口材料的关税。健康与安全专业人士与非政府组织联合组成了印度禁止石棉网络（BANI），但该行业利用其影响力和虚假宣传，声称温石棉可以在可控方式下安全使用，不断破坏他们的努力。该行业利用薄弱的立法和数据缺失来说服政策制定者，称印度使用石棉并未造成重大健康问题。尽管如此，禁止石棉运动已形成势头，并成功说服政府考虑禁止使用石棉。随着该运动力量不断壮大，预计未来石棉制造商操纵政府的难度可能会越来越大。
