Japan against Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a horrible deadly disease, in which cells mesothelium start dividing rapidly and start to live longer than other cells. This causes the tumor and they can spread throughout the body. These tumors can be cancerous or non-cancerous. When cancer, they are referred to as forms of malignant mesothelioma. When they are not cancerous, they are called benign form of mesothelioma. Malignant forms result in immediate death, but the benign form is not fatal. However, it affects the patient for their entire life. There is no known cure for mesothelioma. Cause of mesothelioma is well known. Mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos fibres and asbestos dust. When asbestos is mined, produced and used, a lot of dust, asbestos was released. This dust contains asbestos fibers seconds, which is light in weight and invisible. This makes them the air passed through and they can easily be inhaled by humans through the nose and mouth

When they inhaled them travel around the organs in the body. The organs of the body having an outer layer called the mesothelium lining. When this protective layer in contact with the asbestos fibers, asbestos dust, adverse reaction to it. It starts dividing rapidly. In addition, the longevity of the increase in mesothelioma cells. This causes the tumors in the body and this condition is called mesothelioma. Mesothelioma clearly ' dying '. There is no known cure for this terrible disease and steps that can be taken to control the spread of this disease is to impose a complete ban on the mining, production and use of asbestos, global



United Kingdom. the first County to ban asbestos. The United States also follow the example of the United Kingdom. While most Western countries woke up to the harmful effects of asbestos, East refused to see the light. One of the waking up very late is

Japan. the main reason for this is the lack of accountability and indifference of officials of Japan. monetary benefits right away has made Japan ignored the harmful effects of asbestos. Japan public health neglect entirely and it was only in 2002 that Japan imposed a ban altogether on all types of asbestos. Even this step taken by Japan just after the United States pressured to perform this step. Japan is the second largest economy in the world. Japanese people are rich and educated, but still the public health has been overlooked. If this is the situation in Japan, then one of the fears to think about the situation in other oriental countries

In addition, more than 50 percent of Japanese men smoke. Smoking combined with asbestos exposure increase the risk of mesothelioma. Therefore, it is expected more than a thousand people dead in Japan, due to mesothelioma, in the year 2040. Mesothelioma has a latency period is very long. The gap of time between asbestos exposure and the onset of the disease in Japan is around 20 to 30 years. Since Japan has been so late in banning asbestos, these effects will be felt in the next 30 years

Japan started using asbestos in the late 19th century. Even then the Japanese did not exploit any asbestos. It only imports of asbestos. Only during World War II, Japan has to import asbestos. Instead, it developed its own shaft , about 50. Now, all the mines closed. The import of asbestos is rising in Japan during the period of 1960-1980. The soaring number of asbestos imports in Japan is 352,160 tons in 1974.

After that, Japan began slowly waking to the harmful effects of asbestos. One by one, each type of asbestos has been banned. In 1988, the first blue asbestos was banned. Then in 1993, brown asbestos has been banned. For a long time, Japan argues that chrysotile is not harmful if used with appropriate safeguards. Finally, in 2002, white asbestos was banned. However, the buildings, the pads, industrial rope, using asbestos in its production continues to exist. A complete ban on asbestos in Japan will still take another year to become a reality

Although Japan was late to action, the first case of asbestosis in Japan was recorded in 1937 by yourself. In 1960, the first case of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos has been noted in Japan. in addition, the first case of mesothelioma in Japan in 1973. About 6 deaths per year per million population in Japan due to mesothelioma. And for all cases of mesothelioma, there were 2 cases of asbestos-related lung cancer. Even with these shocking statistics as such, Japan was too slow to take appropriate action. It was only after enormous pressure imposed by the United States of America, Japan has decided to ban all types of asbestos. Also, it is not the right diagnosis and wrong diagnosis of many cases of mesothelioma. Many cases of mesothelioma are also not reported. Therefore, it is expected that the actual stats can even much worse than this

In addition, the number of Japanese men seem to be far more than Japanese women,connection are affected by this disease. This may be because more than 50 percent of Japanese men smoke. Smokers exposed to asbestos fibers at high risk for this disease than non-smokers. The best thing that can be said about Japan is that at least now it has aroused. Although late, it is better than ever! However, there are a number of countries like India and China, are still not imposed a ban altogether on all types of asbestos. This is the time for the country to wake up and follow the footsteps of its western partners.