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Asbestos is a fiber in the form of dust that has<br />
been used in Colombia to produce tiles for<br />
more than 70 years. At least 50 countries have<br />
banned its use in all performances by a call by<br />
the World Health Organization (who) and the<br />
International Labour Organization (ILO), to<br />
demonstrate that this fiber is a carcinogenic<br />
highly dangerous to your health. These<br />
countries have shown that workers who have<br />
manipulated the fiber have developed<br />
diseases such as mesothelioma and lung<br />
cancer. In United States, for example, it is<br />
estimated that about 50,000 people become ill<br />
each year due to asbestos.<br />
In Colombia was to prohibit in all cases, but<br />
the opposition of a segment of workers who<br />
would be affected, and the support that this<br />
concern had in Congress, ended up sinking<br />
the project. However, the discussion can be<br />
channelled to the question of when and how<br />
it would be viable to ban asbestos, as<br />
proposed by the Minister of health, Alejandro<br />
Gaviria, in a debate in Congress last year
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