title: Managing asbestos in Italy: twenty years after the ban.
abstract: Establishing an asbestos ban is not sufficient to achieve effective primary prevention. Twenty years after the Italian asbestos ban, the residual presence of asbestos-containing materials, estimated to be 80 percent of the quantity existing in 1992, may still be the cause of negative effects to the health of workers and the general population. The so called "asbestos way-out" at this rate of cleaning up, roughly 1 percent per year, is too slow, and new policy to re-discuss the entire process is needed. Encouragement of the owners with tax relief when the substitution of the asbestos roofs is performed with photovoltaic panels, as well as reducing the cost of removal planning local landfills may be the keys to accelerate the cleanup process.
authors: Occupational Hygienist in the environmental-occupational epidemiology unit, Institute for Study and Prevention of Cancer, Florence, Italy. s.silvestri@ispo.toscana.it
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Silvestri
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007558:Italy; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos