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International High-Level Expert Conference
on Chemical Safety and Rotterdam Convention:
Policies and Practices in Russia
14 –15 October 2010, in Moscow
Lessons learned from Asbestos Use
Alexander Nies
DepDG
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Use of asbestos in Germany
Chrysotile:
Crocidolite:
Amosite:
96 %
3%
1%
Interdiction of use
of sprayed asbestos
(1979)
Total consumption
1948 – 1993:
6 million tons
Ban of asbestos
in Germany
(1993)
Source: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, BGIA - Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance Germany
Asbestos related occup. diseases, Germany
Chrysotile: 96 %
Crocidolite: 3 %
Amosite:
1%
Total consumption
1948 – 1993:
6 million tons
Ban of asbestos
in Germany (1993)
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
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
WHO PAYS THE BILL ?
Asbestos related diseases Costs per Case
Recipients of a pension in 2008:
25,958
Mean pension per recipient in 2008:
17,400 US-$
Estimated mean duration
of pension payment per case:
13 years
Estimated total pension per case
- asbestosis:
- lung cancer:
- mesothelioma:
130,000 US-$
320,000 US-$
320,000 US-$
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. diseases
in Germany (based on assumption that peak is reached in 2010)
all costs:
costs for pensions:
20,000,000,000 US-$
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
arise from:
$
$
$
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