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Canada to ban asbestos by 2018
December 15, 2016
The Canadian government today announced that it will legislate a comprehensive ban on asbestos and asbestos-containing products by 2018. Commenting on the decision is Kathleen Ruff, RI Board member and award winning ban activist: The Trudeau government is to be praised for finally ending Canada’s long and shameful history as global propagandist and marketeer for […]
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Kathleen Ruff honoured for her anti-asbestos advocacy
June 6, 2016
Human rights champion, long time anti-asbestos activist and Rideau Institute Board member Kathleen Ruff is to receive the Medal of the Quebec National Assembly for her: …decade of work to stop Canada’s asbestos trade, work that some argue will save tens of thousands of people from contracting deadly asbestos-related diseases in Canada and abroad. Michelle Lalonde, in a […]
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Head of new UN body on asbestos hot seat!
December 3, 2015
We are re-posting this important blog by Kathleen Ruff, Senior Human Rights Advisor and Board Member of the Rideau Institute. (See: Head of UN sponsored science initiative asked to uphold scientific evidence, RightonCanada,ca, 1 Dec. 2015). Scientists and civil society organisations from around the world are asking Prof. Paul Shrivastava, a professor at Concordia […]
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Kathleen Ruff Op-ed: Russia, Zimbabwe pick up the asbestos baton from Canada
May 6, 2013
Canada is no longer in the asbestos business but its message is clear: if you can make money from a hazardous substance, then oppose safety requirements. Kathleen Ruff Toronto Star May 5, 2013 In February last year, an Italian court sentenced two asbestos industrialists to 16 years in prison for criminal conduct in having for […]
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