ทบทวนมติสมัชชาสุขภาพแห่งชาติ มาตรการทำให้สังคมไทยไร้แร่ใยหิน

Surasak Buranatrevedh; Pornchai Sithisarunkul; Narongpon Dumavibhat; Chalermchai Chaikittiporn; Wantanee Phanprasit; Somkiat Siriruttanapruk; Chuleekorn Thanathitikorn

Authors

Surasak Buranatrevedh Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University
Pornchai Sithisarunkul Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Narongpon Dumavibhat Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital
Chalermchai Chaikittiporn Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University
Wantanee Phanprasit Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
Somkiat Siriruttanapruk Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health
Chuleekorn Thanathitikorn Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Ministry of Public Health

Keywords:

National Health Assembly, asbestos, Thailand

Abstract

Every form of asbestos is carcinogenic. Workers and general population exposed to asbestos can suffer negative health effects. Although, the third National Health Assembly’s Resolution (2010) proposed asbestos ban measures and the cabinet on April 12, 2011 approved the resolution, asbestos is still in use in Thailand. Some government agencies have not followed the resolution arguing too few asbestos-related cases to reach cost-benefit of the asbestos ban. Recent data reveal the increased numbers of asbestos-related patients and new measures to reduce the risk of developing asbestos-related diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to revise the National Health Assembly Resolution at the twelfth National Health Assembly: Thailand’s asbestos ban measures.

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