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导致几年来石棉产销量持续下降、石棉工业不景气的主导因素是环保,这是无可争辨的事实。近10年来,世界石棉工业每况愈下,一年不如一年。最近,石棉的使用在欧洲又受到强烈的抑制,原来最活跃的亚洲市场又遭受了金融危机的打击,现在世界石棉市场日益萎缩,消费需求日益低落。全球环保呼声日益高涨或许会让环保有一天成为石棉工业的“终结者”,但它不会从市场退出。 石棉已被证明与一些呼吸系统的职业病有关,而且医学证据表明有些种类的石棉是致癌的。这导致了一些国家的政府禁止或限制石棉的使用。结果是在过去的20年左右时间内,世界石棉产量减少了一半多,近几年的产量也在逐年减少,即由1995年的270万t减至1997年的230万t,与之相比,1980年的产量将近480万t。目前主要产国是俄罗斯(占世界产量的1/3)和加拿大(占1/5)。其他重要产国有中
The leading factor in the continuous decline in asbestos production and sales in recent years and the sluggish asbestos industry is environmental protection. This is indisputable fact. In the past 10 years, the asbestos industry in the world has gone from bad to worse. It is worse than one year in a year. Recently, the use of asbestos has been strongly inhibited in Europe. The most active Asian market was hit by the financial crisis. The world asbestos market is shrinking and consumer demand is declining. Increasing global environmental protection may make environmental protection one day become the “terminator” of the asbestos industry, but it will not withdraw from the market. Asbestos has been shown to be associated with some occupational diseases of the respiratory system, and medical evidence suggests that some types of asbestos are carcinogenic. This has led to the government of some countries prohibiting or limiting the use of asbestos. As a result, in the past 20 years or so, world asbestos production has decreased by more than half, and production in recent years has also decreased year by year, from 2.7 million tons in 1995 to 2.3 million tons in 1997. The output in 1980 was nearly 4.8 million tons. At present, the main producing countries are Russia (1/3 of world production) and Canada (1/5). Among other important producing countries