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Activities of Busan Joint Action Committee against Asbestos
Suk-koun, Lee
Korea Institute of Labor Safety and Health/
Busan Joint Action Committee against Asbestos
BAN aSBESTOS NETWORK KOREA
Factories permitted to manufacture Asbestos (1991~2006)
Location Number
Seoul/Kyeong-gi 25
Busan/Kyeong-nam
28
Others 24
Sum 77
Number of factories permit-ted to manufacture asbestos (1991~2006), by Labor Min-istry
25
Seoul/Kyeong-gi
28Busan/
Kyeong-nam
Busan Joint Action Committee against Asbestos
• When did we start?- from March, 2008
• Who are we?- asbestos victims and their families- activists from KCTU, environmental or-
ganizations, and labor health organiza-tions
- concerned citizens who are against as-bestos
Busan Joint Action Committee against Asbestos
• What are our goals?- to organize and support asbestos victims- to fight for banning asbestos - to monitor the govn’t policies on asbestos- to reform asbestos-related regulations- to improve the compensation system for
asbestos victims- to strengthen international solidarity
Our Current Activities
1. Monitoring the asbestos removal projects by Busan City government
2. Organizing international workshops on asbestos victims
3. Supporting lawsuits for asbestos vic-tims
4. Searching for environmental asbestos victims
1. Monitoring City Govn’t Projects
• Asbestos Removal Projects by Busan City Covn’t- “Complete Enumeration Survey on Asbestos Slate Roofs
in Busan”(2011)- “Demolition and Removal of Asbestos Slate Roofs in
Busan”(2012)
• What we did after monitoring- demanded the city govn’t take measures to prevent
asbestos scattering when the roofs were demolished and removed
- called for the expansion of the bugets to demolished and remove asbestos slate roofs in Busan
2. Korea-Japan Workshop on As-bestos Victims
• Date : June 3~4, 2013
• Topics of discussion- situations of asbestos victims- activities of asbestos victims’ groups - problems in the compensation and/or re-
lief system for asbestos victims- difficulties in clarifying the sources of re-
sponsibility for damages from asbestos
• Results of the workshop- Adoption of a resolution- Press conference
2. Korea-Japan Workshop on As-bestos Victims
3. Lawsuits for Asbestos Victims
• First Trial(2008~2012)
- Busan district court: “JEIL E&S was responsible for the diseases of asbestos victims.”
- 90% of occupational cases were admitted
- 60% of environmental cases were admitted
* However…- The Korea government and NICHIAS were found
not responsible.
- Both parties appealed against the decision of the court.
3. Lawsuits for Asbestos Victims
• Second Trial(2012~2013)- High court dismissed the appeal by
both parties- Same ruiling as the first trial
* Now the lawsuit is underway in the Supreme court.
4. Environmental Asbestos Victims
• Victims with mesothelioma- 20 victims identified- The youngest victim : 35 years old- Most of the victims : in their 40s and
50s
• Victims with asbestosis- 11 victims identified
JEIL E&S were found responsible for all 31 victims.
Our Tasks for the Future
• To put more efforts to search for the victims of asbestos
• To enlarge support for the lawsuits by the victims
• To expand monitoring activities for the demolition and removal of asbestos materials by Busan city government
• To improve our system for more stable activities against asbestos
13Ban Asbestos Network KOrea
Thank You!!BAN aSBESTOS NETWORK KOREA