Asbestos Disaster [electronic resource] : Lessons from Japan's Experience /
Miyamoto, Kenichi.editor.
Morinaga, Kenji.editor.
Hiroyuki, Mori.editor.
Japan’s asbestos disasters, encompassing both occupational disease and environmental pollution, have been caused principally by the asbestos textile, asbestos cement water pipe, and construction industries. This book is unique in its interdisciplinary approach to those disasters as it incorporates medical science, economics, political science, law, architecture, environmental engineering, sociology, and journalism. Written by authorities in their fields, the chapters reflect the integration of these disciplines in topics that include a historical review of asbestos issues in Japan, asbestos-related diseases, international aspects of the asbestos industry, public policy, divisions of responsibility, relief activities in emergencies, and countermeasures enacted by local governments. The lessons of asbestos problems and policies in Japan are particularly important for developing countries to prevent the proliferation of asbestos disasters. This volume serves as a textbook on asbestos issues for all countries, especially where there is widespread use of asbestos.
Description based upon print version of record.
Asbestos_Frontmatter_O.pdf; Asbestos_Ch01_O.pdf; Chapter 1: A Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters; 1.1 The Impact of Asbestos Disasters; 1.2 A Social Scientific Perspective on Asbestos Disasters; 1.2.1 Complex-Stock Disasters; 1.2.2 The Issue of Responsibility for Asbestos Disasters; 1.3 An Economic Analysis of Occupational Safety and Health; 1.3.1 The Labor Economics Approach; 1.3.2 The Post-Keynesian Economics Approach; 1.3.3 The Institutional Economics Approach; 1.3.4 The Marxian Economics Approach; 1.4 Toward a Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters; References; Asbestos_Ch02_O.pdf
Chapter 2: An Exploration of Measures Against Industrial Asbestos Accidents *2.1 Industrial Asbestos Accidents and the Status of Current Countermeasures; 2.1.1 The Status of Asbestos Exposure and Relief Measures; 2.1.2 Epidemiological Studies (and Projections); 2.1.3 Regulations and Follow-Up Countermeasures for Asbestos Businesses and Related Facilities; 2.2 The Asbestos Crisis and Modern Political and Economic Systems; 2.2.1 International Trends in Asbestos Use and Contamination; 2.2.2 The Asbestos Crisis as a Product of Flaws in Modern Socioeconomic Systems
2.3 Responsibility for, and Relief from, Complex Stock Pollution2.3.1 Judicial Relief and Administrative Relief: Experiences at the Country Level; 2.3.1.1 Asbestos Litigation in the US; 2.3.1.2 The Public Relief Framework in France; 2.3.2 Issues for Future Study; References; Asbestos_Ch03_O.pdf; Chapter 3: Why Did the Asbestos Disaster Spread?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Insufficient Application of Current Medical Knowledge of the Toxicity of Asbestos to Public Policies; 3.2.1 Prewar; 3.2.2 Postwar; 3.3 Commitments of Governments and Industries; 3.3.1 Prewar; 3.3.2 Postwar
3.4 Cost of Asbestos Products3.5 Information Manipulation and Abuse of the Knowledge Gap Among Stakeholders; References; Asbestos_Ch04_O.pdf; Chapter 4: Asbestos Pollution and Its Health Effects: Asbestos-Related Diseases in Japan; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Postwar Asbestos Use in Japan; 4.3 Current Asbestos-Related Disease Trends; 4.3.1 Types of Asbestos-Related Diseases; 4.3.2 Pulmonary Asbestosis; 4.3.3 Lung Cancer; 4.3.4 Mesothelioma; 4.3.5 Benign Asbestos Pleurisy; 4.4 Workers Accident Insurance Compensation for Patients with Asbestos-Related Diseases
4.5 Relief Measures for Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Induced Lung Cancer Patients4.5.1 Relief Benefits; 4.5.2 Special Benefit for Bereaved Families; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; References; Asbestos_Ch05_O.pdf; Chapter 5: Mesothelioma Due to Neighborhood Asbestos Exposure: A Large-Scale, Ongoing Disaster Among Residents Living Near a Fo; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Beginning; 5.3 Proposal for an Epidemiological Survey; 5.4 Interim Developments; 5.5 Results of Epidemiological Survey; 5.5.1 Confirmation of Asbestos Exposure and Underlying Cause of Death; 5.5.2 Subjects for Analysis
5.5.3 Emitting Source of Crocidolite in the Study Area
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Japan’s asbestos disasters, encompassing both occupational disease and environmental pollution, have been caused principally by the asbestos textile, asbestos cement water pipe, and construction industries. This book is unique in its interdisciplinary approach to those disasters as it incorporates medical science, economics, political science, law, architecture, environmental engineering, sociology, and journalism. Written by authorities in their fields, the chapters reflect the integration of these disciplines in topics that include a historical review of asbestos issues in Japan, asbestos-related diseases, international aspects of the asbestos industry, public policy, divisions of responsibility, relief activities in emergencies, and countermeasures enacted by local governments. The lessons of asbestos problems and policies in Japan are particularly important for developing countries to prevent the proliferation of asbestos disasters. This volume serves as a textbook on asbestos issues for all countries, especially where there is widespread use of asbestos.
Environmental health.
Medicine.
Epidemiology.
Political science.
Social sciences.
Environmental Health.
Medicine/Public Health, general.
Epidemiology.
Political Science.
Social Sciences, general.