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Kathleen Ruff: Canada at heart of global asbestos lobby
November 1, 2011
Canada was in the world spotlight earlier this year, when our government refused to allow chrysotile asbestos to be put on a UN list of hazardous substances. Over and over, the government has repeated the following words: “For thirty years, Canada has promoted the safe, controlled use of asbestos at home and overseas.”
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Asbestos trader criticized by medical experts and asbestos victims
September 26, 2011
Asbestos trader Baljit Singh Chadha today launched a campaign in Ottawa to win support for his plan to open an underground asbestos mine in Asbestos, Quebec. Mr. Chadha’s project has been condemned by Quebec’s Directors of Public Health, the Canadian Medical Association, the Quebec Public Health Association, as well the Canadian Cancer Society and others.
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Tories’ asbestos policy ‘unethical and shameful’ say Canadian doctors
August 26, 2011
The Canadian Medical Association has condemned the Conservative government for blocking asbestos from being listed as a hazardous substance around the world earlier this summer.
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NRCan memos: Canada’s last asbestos mine will run out in 2012
July 22, 2011
2008 NRCan memos: Lac d’amiante du Canada (LAC) asbestos mine only has “life of two to four years.”
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