19 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2019/2182(INL)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), recognised asbestos as a proven carcinogen (group 1) responsible for lung cancers and mesothelioma as well as larynx and ovarian cancers; whereas research on other cancers induced by asbestos should be promoted;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that actions to enhance prevention are major public health investments for healthier lives but also for the cost/benefit balance in the management of healthcare systems;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that improving early diagnosis, treatments and rehabilitation are priorities of the EU Beating Cancer Plan and should benefit patients suffering from asbestos-related diseases;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that a study by Italian scientists has shown thatraised the important question of whether ingestion of water containing asbestos fibres significantly increincreases the risk of gastric and colorectal cancers; stresses that, even if this analysis alone cannot make it possible to definitively conclude, at this stage, on the link between the ingestion of asbes the risk of gastric and colorectal cancerstos via water and the development of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, the precautionary principle should apply given the uncertainties involved; considers that more research should be conducted on this important question;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to set out a European strategy for the complete elimination of asbestos; calls on all Member States to adopt national action plans to implement that strategy; considers that the Commission should coordinate the national action plans, in particular through the adoption of a framework directive on this matter; points out that the safe removal of asbestos is an example of the need to apply the Principle of Health in all policies and is directly connected to recent and upcoming Union policy initiatives such as the Green Deal with the Renovation Wave and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists that the transition toward a European Union free of asbestos should be socially fair and include support for private owners and SMEs;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists on the need to carry out long-term epidemiological surveillance to assess the effectiveness of the measures taken; highlights that mesothelioma is a disease whose main risk-factor is asbestos and that the number of mesotheliomas diagnosed is a relevant indicator for epidemiological surveillance; calls therefore for the declaration of mesothelioma to competent authorities to be made mandatory;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Insists on the need to ensure the availability of adequate waste facilities for the safe and sustainable disposal of asbestos materials, located in the vicinity of construction sites; stresses that delivering asbestos waste to landfills is only a temporary solution and that risks of releasing asbestos fibres into the environment should be avoided;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Highlights that the waste management of asbestos is a challenge of strategic significance for the EU given the amount of asbestos still to be removed and already in landfills; calls on the Commission and Member States to consider all tools to support investment in sustainable treatment technologies, including channelling public spending through dedicated Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs); highlights that the treatments of asbestos should fully apply the precautionary principle;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU to work with other international organisations, notably the World Health Organization, and third countries to achieve a global ban on asbestos;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that, as the demand for asbestos-related work is likely to grow significantly with the Renovation Wave, there is a crucial need to support research and development in order to strengthen the protection of workers and of the environment, and to improve the reliability and speed of asbestos screening, measurement, removal, and safe waste management;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. The development of models to detect, register, monitor and check asbestos in private and public buildings, land, infrastructure, logistics and piping;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The registration of all cases of mesothelioma;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. The development of information campaigns on asbestos to provide relevant information to workers, employers, owners, tenants, users of buildings and infrastructure, and citizens about the risks and legal obligations relating to, including of the synergistic effect of tobacco use and asbestos exposure, and legal obligations relating to asbestos and existing accompanying measures for the safe removal of asbestos;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. The establishment of centres and the promotion of research for the treatment and inerting of waste containing asbestos by providing for the phasing out of the disposal of such waste in landfills;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. The establishment of a European framework for public and accessible asbestos registers, together with a mapping ofbased on asbestos certificates delivered after the screening of buildings to map the exact location of asbestos on public and private sites;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. A roadmap for asbestos-free workplaces and an asbestos-free environment, which could establish priority sectors, comprise support for safe removal, and be subject to periodic evaluation every five years of the progress made by the national and regional authorities;