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Contribution to reforming the early retirement scheme for asbestos workers

Updated on 16/05/2022

In 1999 the French authorities established a specific early retirement scheme for persons having worked with asbestos (CAATA) further to the health crisis surrounding exposure of workers to asbestos. As part of the reform of this scheme, ANSES received a formal request to prepare a summary of the available data on occupational exposure to asbestos and specifically to identify occupations with a high level of exposure.

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Means of protecting workers from short and thin asbestos fibres

Updated on 16/05/2022

In carrying out its work in 2009 on short and thin asbestos fibres, the Agency specifically recommended a reassessment of collective and personal protective equipment in order to evaluate their effectiveness with respect to these two types of fibre.

Short asbestos fibres

Updated on 16/05/2022

In 2003, new data on the possible pathogenicity of short asbestos fibres raised questions in the scientific community. As a result, the Agency received a formal request to assess the risks associated with short asbestos fibres and thin asbestos fibres. The results of this assessment were published in February 2009. On the basis of the findings of this expert appraisal, the French Ministry of Labour amended regulations on the protection of the general public and workers against the risks associated with inhalation of asbestos dus

Natural outcrops of asbestos

Updated on 10/05/2022

Natural asbestos is found in France around rocky outcrops for example in the Haute-Corse département and in New Caledonia. Through erosion or specific earthworks, these outcrops can become a source of exposure to asbestos fibres, with the associated health risks. In order to assess these risks, the Agency evaluated the situation and published a report in November 2010.

Asbestos

Updated on 16/05/2022

Asbestos has been known to be harmful since the beginning of the 20th century, but protection and prevention measures were only adopted later on. In France, asbestos was recognised as a source of occupational disease (asbestosis) in 1945. Its use was regulated as of 1977 when all the forms of asbestos were classified as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. A complete ban on the use of asbestos was passed in 1997 in France, and was confirmed at the European level by Directive 99/77/EC, which prohibited any extraction, manufacture, or processing of asbestos fibres after 1 January 2005 at the latest.

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