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With pollution mediation

In order to solve the pollution problem, the mediation committee mediates the discussions between the perpetrators and the victims to resolve the dispute.


Pollution mediation is not a court, but is hosted by the Pollution Reconciliation Committee, which is a foreign office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, but the mediation committee includes quite a few experienced judges.


In the court case, the cause of the pollution is clarified, the damages are requested and the prevention of the pollution is requested, and the court makes a judgment about it to try to solve the problem. It becomes.


In mediation, unlike in the case of a trial, there is no force against pollutioners. In this case, the Ministry of the Environment and automobile manufacturers can "flee" by refusing to talk about creating a system to rescue pollution victims. But such things will not be allowed by public opinion.


In a trial, both parties need to interrogate witnesses, and verification activities such as expert appraisals are required, and a large pollution trial takes 10 years, but with pollution mediation, it will be a two-year short battle That's normal. The point is how to create a force relationship that does not allow the other party to "flee".


We aim to eliminate the air pollution pollution, create a big public opinion that a system that will help the victims of asthma etc. firmly on the responsibility of the pollution generator, and create a big public opinion, and surround the Ministry of the Environment and the automaker. You

With victim relief system such as asthma

The relief system for victims of asthma etc. we are requesting is

  • Living in a metropolitan area such as the metropolitan area, Kansai, Chukyo, etc.
  • For patients with bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema,
  • Companies such as countries, local governments, and automobile manufacturers who are the cause of air pollution, bear financial resources,
  • We fully support the self-payment of the medical expenses

It is the thing of the contents.


Air pollution is often said to have improved. However, PM2.5, which is considered to be the largest source of asthma etc., is still exceeding environmental standards in many places. In addition, it has also been clarified that the current onset time of asthmatic patients is around 1990, and there are many patients who became ill during the 1970s-90s when exhaust gas pollution was most severe and suffered for several decades. . It is only natural from the principle of the polluter pays to remedies these patients under the responsibility of the administration or the manufacturer who made the cause of the exhaust gas pollution.


Also, the social and public significance of the medical expenses relief system for asthma etc. is extremely large.


If you have a chronic illness that causes pollution, such as asthma, it will not be completely cured, and you will need to be treated until you die, take medicine, inhale, and so on. Moreover, it is common for medical expenses to cost several thousand yen to nearly 10,000 yen every month with a 30% burden. Besides, if it is going to be hospitalized, it will fly about 100,000 yen once. Therefore, in the case of well-being, some patients reduced their medicine at their own discretion and saved medical expenses.


However, based on the settlement of the Tokyo Air Pollution Lawsuit, after the medical expenses subsidy program in Tokyo was established in 2008, all the patients in Tokyo will visit the hospital regularly and take medication as directed by the doctor. Yes. The number of critically ill patients has clearly decreased, as they can now firmly control asthma without financial concerns. In the Tokyo metropolitan area, eight years after the system was established, the number of patients who had a major attack and visited the emergency department decreased to about one third.


And there were no concerns about disordered diagnoses or anxieties, which were of some concern, and they were highly appreciated by doctors.


This Tokyo Metropolitan Relief System also introduced a monthly burden of ¥ 6000 a month from April 2018, and its effect was halved. Other than Tokyo, there is no subsidy program for adults except that Kawamata City has a subsidy program that pays a 10% share of asthma medical expenses.

My asthma experience

Forty years have passed since I developed bronchial asthma, but now I think that the treatment for asthma has changed dramatically. At the time of the onset of illness, asthma was painful at the time of the attack, so I was dealing with going to the hospital at the time of the attack. He was prescribed medicines such as bronchodilators, but he did not understand the role of the medicine and did not drink when he was in good condition. Several years after the onset of illness, I had regular breathing during repeated seizures, and when I got my luggage or climbed the stairs, my heart was having a hard time. Seizures also became serious and I was hospitalized to continue injections and infusions.


First turning point

After I started to inhale inhaled steroids, I was relieved of my daily stuffiness. Until that time I was inhaling the bronchodilator when my tightness became strong, but again I used it again after the effective time, so I used it again, but the effective time became shorter and it was a vicious cycle. The daily use of inhaled steroids has reduced the amount of breathlessness and seizures.

Second turning point

The spread of informed consent. Until then, I was taking and inhaling the medicine prescribed by the doctor as I was told, but with the explanation of the effects and side effects of the medicine, I changed my mind to face the disease. In particular, I learned that the side effects of taking steroids were diverse, and I started taking them carefully.

Third turning point

With the asthma guidelines in place, you can receive certain treatment from any hospital. In the experience of 40 years ago, the response varied depending on the doctor when having a medical checkup at night. In addition, I was able to reconfirm that asthma prevention was more important than seizure treatment. There are steps according to the symptoms, which also serve as a guide for improvement.

Biggest turning point

Accredited by the "Tokyo Air Pollution Medical Expense Subsidy Program", which was launched in 2008, we were released from the burden of medical expenses and were able to try more effective medicines. She has been given subcutaneous injections (very expensive) of the latest asthma medication and her symptoms have improved dramatically. It becomes self-pay from April 2018 to 6,000 yen a month and it is a little hard, but considering the burden of long-term medical expenses and suffering from asthma attacks, I want you to apply the medical expenses subsidy program to all patients , I sincerely hope.

What is the cause of asthma?

I think, why did you get this sick? How can I get rid of it?

There is no answer.

For a long time, I believed that my asthma was allergic, and I continued to treat allergies (such as hyposensitization therapy) by believing in the doctor's words and books, but I did not see any improvement.

The cause of asthma is said to be allergy, tobacco, air pollution, etc. but I think that there are few patients who know the cause of their asthma.

I was unbelievable when I heard that air pollution (car exhaust) could cause asthma. However, moving the house off the road certainly reduced the frequency of attacks. If you set up an air purifier at home and you don't go out, you won't get a seizure, but with this you can't live.

I was convinced that air pollution along the road was one of the causes. Asthma may be worsened by various factors acting in combination.


The current state of asthma!

In current medical treatment, it is said that it is difficult to cure adult asthma. Some patients remit early with appropriate treatment. We want to tell based on experience that medical expenses subsidy program that anyone can receive appropriate medical treatment is necessary so that medical expenses burden does not become obstacle.


Now what i think

There are a large number of asthmatic patients. Symptoms may range from mild to severe, but none of them can be cured. Medical treatment continues for many decades, and the medical expenses over the lifetime are heavy. Because there are many patients! Because the cause of the onset is unknown!

Asthmatics, are you responsible for your asthma?

Do you want to feel safe and continue treatment?

The leading cause of air pollution is automobile manufacturers such as Toyota

Tokyo Atmosphere trial in which Toyota, automakers, and the country, Tokyo, etc. were defended. According to the Tokyo District Court decision held in 2002, a causal relationship between automobile exhaust gas and asthma was recognized, and the manufacturer was able to predict the occurrence of damage, but what measures could have been taken to avoid the damage It was not clear that the manufacturer did not win.


However, Toyota and other manufacturers developed diesel vehicles with light-duty trucks that had been the mainstay of gasoline vehicles since the late 1970s, and expanded production and sales dramatically, while in the 1980s, it had a sub-chamber In the medium- and small-sized trucks, which had been the mainstream, the dramatic increase in direct-injection production and sales brought about the intensification of air pollution. Without these acts of the manufacturer, for example, it has been revealed that the air pollution in Tokyo has been only a quarter.


Based on these claims and proofs, the High Court of Tokyo established a settlement, and a bailout system was established in Tokyo, and up to 90,000 people were to be bailed.

Electricity, steel and petrochemicals spend 31.8 billion annually

However, automakers such as Toyota have only contributed ¥ 3.3 billion to the capital system as a lump sum payment, and have refused any additional contribution thereafter. On the other hand, for the victims outside Tokyo, it is a reality that they don't pay even a single penny.


Electric power, iron and steel. Plant companies such as petrochemicals have continued to bear the financial resources of the Pollution Health Damage Compensation Act, which was created with the Yokkaichi Pollution Judgment, from 1973 until the present, and even the latest 2018 annual burden amounted to 31.8 billion yen. It is also rising.


If you look only at this, the unfairness of automakers such as Toyota is clear.


We should decide on the creation of a new medical cost relief system as soon as possible, and respond to discussions on pollution mediation.

The national survey also reveals the impact of automobile emissions

The country lost five consecutive seasons in air pollution trials including Osaka Nishiyodogawa. Every time I read the results of a large-scale health impact survey conducted by the country, I have decided to consider whether to create a relief system. The survey results were announced in 2011 (SORA project), and it became clear that air pollution by automobile exhaust gas causes diseases such as asthma. Nevertheless, the government did not try to set up the system, and recently air pollution has been improved, and it is said that it does not reach the setting up of the system.


However, once there is a disease such as asthma, there is no cure for the root, so the reality is that there is no choice but to continue treatment. Although air pollution has been improved in recent years, patients who have been affected since the previous period of heavy pollution have suffered for many years and are still being treated. In fact, according to the questionnaire for people who are eligible for the asthma medical expenses subsidy program that has been implemented in Tokyo since 2008, it has become clear that the average onset year is around 1990 and there are many patients who have suffered for many years. Contamination improvement in recent years is not a reason to refuse relief.

A big responsibility for the expansion of air pollution

The country sabotages regulation while knowing that automobile exhaust gas, especially PM (exhaust gas particulates) causes asthma etc. While setting SPM's environmental standards in 1972, it was 2003, 30 years later, what started the emission control of PMs for automobiles.


The country has built a highway network throughout the country to cause motorization, and while knowing that this has led to serious automobile exhaust gas pollution since the 1970s, it has not conducted effective regulation for this for many years The responsibility is serious.

Major achievements in the Tokyo Relief System

The Tokyo Air Pollution Trial filed in 1996 won the settlement and settled in 2007, and an asthma medical expenses subsidy program was created in Tokyo. The government, automakers, the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway Company, and Tokyo will contribute 20 billion yen to subsidize the cost of their own medical expenses for asthma patients in the city. It was decided to receive a grant. As a result of this, it is possible to receive treatment without worrying about medical expenses, but of course, according to the questionnaire results, the great result is that the symptom of the majority is improved.


However, since the government and automobile manufacturers refused to make additional contributions while the initial financial resources were exhausted, the new certification was discontinued in 2015, and from 2018 onwards, only subsidies exceeding 6,000 yen per month were subsidized. Then the relief level has been cut down.


For this reason, there has been a growing movement to seek relief at the national level.

Call for the establishment of an expanding system

Dr. Akabane of the Tokyo Metropolitan Health Insurance Association said, “The city's ordinance has made it possible to see and reduce the number of patients with severe asthma and to follow a good course. Even at the asthma symposium sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun, "it is not unfair that it depends on the local government where you live, it is not unfair." Is it not necessary to go ahead? "(Matsuzawa Narumi pre-Kanagawa prefecture governor) voices such as are raised.


On the other hand, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly unanimously adopts an opinion for the establishment of a system for the country, and the Saitama Prefectural Assembly, the Yokohama City Council, etc. follow this.


In addition, the automobile industry association of the industry group also “thinks as the self-engineering association if the country creates a system” (General Affairs Division General Manager), the Petroleum Federation also “the stance of understanding the financial burden does not change. Keidanren or the country takes the lead It is not the best way to decide the burden on the party, ”he said in negotiations with patient groups.

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