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Asbestos Use Rising in India


13th November 2007
Despite the fact that 45 countries around the world have banned the use of asbestos and the U.S. Senate recently passed legislation that may eventually do the same, asbestos use in India is on the rise, says an article posted on the Indian site, counterc… more »

Mayor Denies Quebec Town has Serious Asbestos Problem


12th November 2007
The mayor of Thetford Mines, Quebec (Canada) adamantly denies that his city has an alarming asbestos problem, dismissing a recent study as faulty and too small to determine true results. According to a CanWest News Service article, Luc Berthold, who has… more »

Asbestos Ship Sunk Near Cook Islands


07th November 2007
A ship containing more than was 500 tons of asbestos was sunk in the middle of a whale sanctuary, say angered residents of the pristine Cook Islands in the South Pacific. According to a New Zealand television report, locals say the ship and all its cont… more »

Canadian Labor Union Addresses Asbestos Issues


05th November 2007
After 30 years of silence, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) announced that a resolution calling for the ban on the export of asbestos to Third World countries will be discussed at their next congress executive council meeting and, ultimately, it will b… more »

Toxic Ship Still Caught in Legal Tangle


01st November 2007
An old asbestos-laden ship that has been sitting off Indias western Alang coast for several months is still caught in the middle of a ship-breaking controversy. According to an Agence France-Presse article, last month Indias Supreme Court had given perm… more »