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India Abroad: Indian bill seeks ban on import of asbestos

Here is an article just published in India Abroad, a publication that is read by the Indo-Canadian community. Indian bill seeks ban on import of asbestos AJIT JAIN IN TORONTO Canada must support the listing of Chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous product under the Rotterdam Convention, an Indian social activist group has said. A debate has been raging on in [...]

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India Abroad: NDP MP Pat Martin speaks to Ajit Jain about Canada’s asbestos policy

NDP MP Pat Martin speaks to Ajit Jain about Canada’s asbestos policy Jan 8 2010 The debate on Canada’s asbestos export has hit a fever pitch in recent times, with the focus turning on the country’s last operational mine in Quebec. While the industry leaders maintain that they export only to Third World companies with all necessary [...]

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Toronto Star: Meet Quebec’s ‘Mr. Asbestos’

Meet Quebec’s ‘Mr. Asbestos’ December 27, 2009 Jennifer Wells     Unaffected by fire, unchanged by weather, untouched by time’s dark captains – rust, rot and decay – asbestos possesses rare qualities for which it stands alone. – JOHNS-MANVILLE PROMOTIONAL FILM   For a freshly graduated mining engineer, circa 1969, the Jeffrey asbestos mine in Asbestos, Que., offered Bernard Coulombe one of those [...]

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Cancer risk to town unclear in report on asbestos effects

Below is an article from the Globe & Mail by Rhéal Séguin. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cancer-risk-to-town-unclear-in-report-on-asbestos-effects/article1398197/   Cancer risk to town unclear in report on asbestos effects   Opponents and supporters of Thetford Mines operation use findings from health agency study to support their positions     BY RHÉAL SÉGUIN, Globe & Mail   Quebec —Dec. 12, 2009   A report shows that for the people of Thetford Mines, Que., [...]

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