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Plenary Session 1
Friday 19, November, 2004
09:50 - 12:30, International Conference Hall

Plenary Session 1
Global Health Impact of Asbestos: Urgent Action is needed
Chairs: Kogi Kazutaka and Laurie Kazan-Allen

Current Environmental Pollution at Asbestos-Cement Roofing tile production factories in Vietnam and its Health risks to the workers
Le Van Trinh, Nguy Ngoc Toan, Nguyen The Cong
National Institute for Labour Protection (NILP), Vietnam

ABSTRACT:

The paper introduces the survey results at 35 AC Roofing Tile Production factories in Vietnam including the figures on real situation of environmental pollution, the reasons caused pollution; status of the health and work-related illness and diseases among workers in these factories and recommendations for minimizing the pollution and limiting its impacts in order to protect workers's health in the above-mentioned factories.