7 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2019/2182(INL)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that worldwide hundreds of millions of people are, children included, are continuously exposed to asbestos every year, despite its health risks having been known for decades;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that there are several diseases related to asbestos, both malignant and non-malignant, and that the cumulative effect of non-malignant diseases related to asbestos has been proved to be a risk factor for death related to and caused by asbestos;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the European Plan on Beating Cancer and the Parliament’s upcoming Resolution from its Special Committee on Beating Cancer are opportunities to include asbestos as one of the causes that significantly increase the risk of cancers for workers, children, or inhabitants in areas close to asbestos factories and mines or in buildings containing asbestos;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that, apart from the naturally occurring sites from where it is extracted, asbestos may be found as degraded flocking not only in water but also in soils and in the atmosphere;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to support the dissemination of information on the various systems for the destructionsafe and orderly removal or disposal of asbestos products based on best available techniques;
Amendment 102 #
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 asbestos, especially on the fact of its delayed and cumulative effects on human health;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The need to include asbestos- related diseases as a key issue in preventive public health.