Muralidhar Venkiteswaran, Raghav Pankaja, Das Prianka, Goel Akhil
General Surgery, Chettinad Medical College, Chennai, India.
Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodphur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Mar 31;12(3):e227882. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227882.
India is the largest consumer of asbestos in the world. There is no report from India of mesothelioma related to asbestos. The case is a 42-year-old man who died of pleural mesothelioma. He was exposed to asbestos domestically and from the environment since birth. Two of his close family members worked in a factory that used asbestos. The living quarter of the family was within the premises of the factory. Asbestos waste was strewn on the grounds surrounding the quarters. After decades of legal battles by workers and families exposed to asbestos, Indian courts have ordered remedial measures and compensation to people, who are exposed to asbestos at work and the environment. Mesothelioma, currently in epidemic proportions in the west where asbestos production was banned in the 1990s, could rise to alarming levels in the next decades in India if the legal remedial measures are not implemented soon.
印度是世界上最大的石棉消费国。印度尚无与石棉相关的间皮瘤报告。该病例为一名42岁死于胸膜间皮瘤的男子。他自出生起就在家庭环境中接触石棉。他的两名近亲在一家使用石棉的工厂工作。其家庭居住区域在工厂范围内。石棉废料散落在住所周围的地面上。在石棉接触工人及其家属历经数十年法律斗争后，印度法院已下令采取补救措施并向在工作场所和环境中接触石棉的人员提供赔偿。间皮瘤目前在西方呈流行态势，那里在20世纪90年代已禁止石棉生产。如果不尽快实施法律补救措施，未来几十年间皮瘤在印度可能会升至惊人水平。
