Asbestos – Policies and Practices in Kyrgyzstan andInternational Chemicals Policy

20 May 2011, in Bishkek

Lessons learned from Asbestos Use

Alexander Nies DepDG

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

   

 

Use of asbestos in Germany

Chrysotile:96 %Crocidolite: 3 %Amosite: 1%

Interdiction of use of sprayed asbestos (1979)

Ban of asbestos in Germany (1993)

Total consumption1948 – 1993:6 million tons

Source: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, BGIA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Germany

   

 

Occupational diseases leading to death in 2008

Source: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, BGIA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Germany

   

  Asbestos related occup. diseases, GermanyChrysotile:96 %

Crocidolite:3 %Amosite: 1%

Ban of asbestosin Germany (1993)

Total consumption1948 – 1993:6 million tons

Source: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, BGIA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Germany

   

  Asbestos related diseases and costs

Source: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, BGIA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Germany

   

 

Asbestos related diseases -Costs per Case

Costs for asbestos related occupational diseases in Germany 1987 - 2008

all costs: 5,840,000,000 US-$

costs for pensions: 4,840,000,000 US-$ (83 % of all costs)

Predicted total costs for asbestos related occup. diseasesin Germany (based on assumption that peak is reached in 2010)

all costs: 20,000,000,000 US-$costs for pensions: 17,000,000,000 US-$

Source: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, BGIA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Germany

   

  Further costs from asbestos use

follow up and preventive occupational health checks of workers with past and current asbestos contact

costs for asbestos removal/abatement in public and private buildings

uncontrolled current exposure: health risks as a result of inappropriate handling of still used asbestos products

in residential homes and industrial applications

   

  Final remarks

Share of information on lessos learned from asbestos: the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure

Rotterdam Convention does not represent an export ban

EU supports listing of chemicals in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention (COP 5, 20-24. June 2011)