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Kathleen Ruff for Prevent Cancer Now: “The battle to end Canada’s asbestos industry: recent dramatic events”

November 26, 2012

Rideau Institute board member, Kathleen Ruff is featured by Prevent Cancer Now as a “PCN Hero” for her work against Canadian asbestos exports. She wrote an article for the organization, which works to create a national movement for cancer prevention.

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Kathleen Ruff, Senior Advisor, quoted in “Activist blasts McGill’s absolution of asbestos researcher”

October 24, 2012

The Montreal Gazette published Monique Beaudin’s article “Activist blasts McGill’s absolution of asbestos researcher” on October 23, 2012. Beaudin quotes Kathleen Ruff, Senior Advisor, in her piece which details the reaction to the charges against professor John Corbett McDonald, which were cleared by McGill last Wednesday. Activist blasts McGill’s absolution of asbestos researcher MONTREAL — […]

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Kathleen Ruff op-ed: “The belated demise of Canada’s asbestos industry”

September 25, 2012

Rideau Institute Senior Human Rights Advisor Kathleen Ruff on the end of the Canadian asbestos industry.

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Kathleen Ruff op-ed: “Sordid asbestos tale could be nearing its end”

August 13, 2012

The political tide is turning against asbestos in Quebec. If Premier Jean Charest loses the upcoming election, the plan to revive the Quebec asbestos industry may be stopped in its tracks.

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