Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-05-07-Speech-4-036"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-05-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Draft Commission Regulation on REACH, as regards Annex XVII (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090507.7.4-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-05-07-Speech-4-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Satu Hassi2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vihreä liitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the history of asbestos is a sad one and a cautionary tale of what can happen when the precautionary principle is ignored. Asbestos was first used as a material that had excellent technical properties, and then, later on, it was noticed that it killed people. For example, in my country, the number of deaths every year due to asbestos has still not gone down. After all, it can take anything up to 40 years for the disease to develop. The purpose of the resolution before us is not to quash the comitology decision to which it refers. I think its most important points are paragraphs 8 and 9, which relate to the idea that the Commission should table a legislative proposal sometime this year concerning how asbestos, asbestos fibres, and equipment and structures containing them should be completely destroyed. Of course, we still have a large number of buildings, including public buildings, ships, factories and power stations, that have structures containing asbestos, and, for example, people are exposed to it when buildings are being renovated, if no strict protective measures are taken. These structures that contain asbestos need to be identified and demolished, and asbestos must be destroyed safely and in such a way that people will not be exposed to it again. We should learn a lesson from the sad tale of asbestos and our experiences of it when we address new and present health risks. For example, researchers into nanocarbon tubes have said that their effects on health are very much the same as those of asbestos. For that reason, we need to learn a lesson from our experience and act in accordance with the precautionary principle, for example, when we adopt basic legislative instruments regarding nanomaterials."@en1
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