Thébaud-Mony Annie
CRESP, INSERM-University Paris 13, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93 017 Bobigny-cedex, France.
Int J Occup Environ Health. 2003 Jul-Sep;9(3):280-6. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.3.280.
This paper presents the history of asbestos mining and manufacture in France, the strategies of the multinational asbestos firms to become major international participants, the failures of occupational health and safety that allowed an epidemic of asbestos-related diseases to occur, and the important social movement of the victims of asbestos exposure. The asbestos industry thrived in France until the health effects of asbestos exposure were made public. At that time, the industry had already moved its mining and manufacture to developing countries, where they were able to take advantage of limited regulation and enforcement of occupational and environmental laws. The author analyzes the compensation systems that were approached with varying degrees of success by the victims of asbestos exposure. France banned all manufacture and use of asbestos in 1997, and in the years that have followed, it has enjoyed many successes in achieving compensation for asbestos victims.
本文介绍了法国石棉开采和制造的历史、跨国石棉公司成为主要国际参与者的策略、职业健康与安全方面的失误（正是这些失误导致了与石棉相关疾病的流行）以及石棉接触受害者的重要社会运动。在法国，石棉行业一直蓬勃发展，直到石棉接触对健康的影响被公开。那时，该行业已将其开采和制造业务转移到发展中国家，在那里它们能够利用职业和环境法律监管及执法力度有限的情况。作者分析了石棉接触受害者在不同程度上成功争取到的赔偿制度。法国于1997年禁止了所有石棉的制造和使用，在随后的几年里，法国在为石棉受害者争取赔偿方面取得了诸多成功。
