Frank Arthur L
Dornsife School of Public Health of Drexel University, 3215 Market Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA.
J Occup Med Toxicol. 2020 Jun 15;15:16. doi: 10.1186/s12995-020-00267-y. eCollection 2020.
Exposure to asbestos causes non-malignant and malignant diseases including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. The modern history of such diseases goes back more than a century.
While much is known about the ability of asbestos to cause disease, the carcinogenic mechanism is not yet understood. Continuing legitimate scientific questions include such issues as potential differential toxicity and carcinogenicity of different fiber types. Illegitimate issues include the supposed "safe" use of asbestos, and the chrysotile hypothesis.
Asbestos disease issues are highly politicized and vested economic interests perpetuate false issues regarding the hazards of asbestos.
接触石棉会引发非恶性和恶性疾病,包括石棉肺、肺癌和间皮瘤。这类疾病的现代史可追溯到一个多世纪以前。
虽然人们对石棉致病的能力了解很多,但致癌机制尚不清楚。仍存在的合理科学问题包括不同纤维类型的潜在差异毒性和致癌性等。不合理的问题包括所谓石棉的“安全”使用以及温石棉假说。
石棉疾病问题高度政治化,既得经济利益使有关石棉危害的错误问题长期存在。