RESUMO
El propósito del presente estudio es el de valorar la tesis de que el impacto a la salud de la exposición a fibras de asbesto presentes en los lugares de trabajo y en el ambiente requiere contramedidas basadas en la evidencia científica y la cooperación internacional. La evidencia científica adquirida a nivel internacional sobre el asbesto, la experiencia pluridecenal madurada en Italia sobre este tema, así como la conciencia de que la adaptación de medidas para combatir los efectos en la salud causados por la exposición a asbesto debe ser verificada considerando la especificidad de los diversos contextos nacionales y locales en América Latina, constituyen la base para la identificación de las cuatro principales directrices de intervención (Promoción del acceso a la documentación sobre el asbesto - Realización de intervenciones para reducir la exposición al asbesto - Vigilancia sanitaria de los sujetos expuestos - Detección del mesotelioma) - que pueden ser desarrolladas en el ámbito de la cooperación técnico-científica entre Italia y los países de América Latina. La integración de las capacidades de los investigadores colombianos e italianos podrá permitir conseguir estos resultados, contribuyendo al proceso de eliminación del asbesto ya en curso en América Latina.
The present paper was aimed at promoting countermeasures based on scientific evidence and international cooperation for evaluating the impact on health caused by exposure to asbestos fibres in the workplace and the environment. Scientific evidence regarding asbestos made available by the international scientific community, decades of experience gained in Italy on this issue and being aware that adopting measures to combat the health effects caused by asbestos exposure should be verified considering the specificity of various national and local contexts in Latin-America form the basis for identifying four main areas for intervention which may be developed in the field of technical and scientific cooperation between Italy and Latin-America countries: promoting access to information about asbestos, interventions for reducing exposure to asbestos, health surveillance of exposed subjects and mesothelioma detection. Integrating Colombian and Italian researchers' abilities may lead to such results being achieved, thereby contributing to banning asbestos, which is already underway in Latin-America.
Assuntos
Humanos , Amianto/efeitos adversos , Asbestose/prevenção & controle , Carcinógenos Ambientais/efeitos adversos , Cooperação Internacional , Mesotelioma/prevenção & controle , Neoplasias Pleurais/prevenção & controle , Poluentes Ocupacionais do Ar/efeitos adversos , Materiais de Construção , Exposição Ambiental/prevenção & controle , Itália , América Latina , Mesotelioma/diagnóstico , Mesotelioma/etiologia , Exposição Ocupacional/prevenção & controle , Neoplasias Pleurais/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pleurais/etiologia , Vigilância da População , Indenização aos TrabalhadoresRESUMO
The present paper was aimed at promoting countermeasures based on scientific evidence and international cooperation for evaluating the impact on health caused by exposure to asbestos fibres in the workplace and the environment. Scientific evidence regarding asbestos made available by the international scientific community, decades of experience gained in Italy on this issue and being aware that adopting measures to combat the health effects caused by asbestos exposure should be verified considering the specificity of various national and local contexts in Latin-America form the basis for identifying four main areas for intervention which may be developed in the field of technical and scientific cooperation between Italy and Latin-America countries: promoting access to information about asbestos, interventions for reducing exposure to asbestos, health surveillance of exposed subjects and mesothelioma detection. Integrating Colombian and Italian researchers' abilities may lead to such results being achieved, thereby contributing to banning asbestos, which is already underway in Latin-America.