Archive | October, 2008
Exporting Harm: How Canada Markets Asbestos to the Developing World
Most Canadians are not aware of the global role Canada has played to promote the sale of chrysotile asbestos (the only form of asbestos still sold today) to developing countries. Every independent scientific body in the world, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization and the Canadian Cancer Society, have called for […]
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- Canada reverses position on asbestos
- Kathleen Ruff: contact information
- CBC’s The National covers press conference on asbestos exports
- Asbestos ‘orphans’ urge gov’t to stop industry support – Global National – Videos | Global News
- The continued sale of Quebec’s asbestos is indefensible
- Overseas Demonstrations Protest Expansion of Quebec Asbestos Mine
- Request for Asbestos Investigation Turned Down
- Media Coverage on Charest Visit to India
- Dr. Chaturvedi on Connect with Mark Kelly
- The Gazette – ‘It is deeply immoral for Quebec to sell asbestos’
Asbestos
asbestos ban
Asbestos exports
asbestos lobby
asbestos mining wastes
asbestos victims
Bernard Coulombe
Canada
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian government
Canadian Medical Association
Cancer
Christian Paradis
chrysotile asbestos
Chrysotile Institute
Clément Godbout
Concordia University
conflict of interest
David Bernstein
Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health
Health Canada
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq
India
industry influence
International Agency for Research on Cancer
International Chrysotile Association
Italian Society of Medical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology
Jean Charest
Jeffrey Mine
Kathleen Ruff
LAB Chrysotile Inc.
McGill University
Paolo Boffetta
Pauline Marois
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Quebec
Quebec government
Quebec’s National Institute of Public Health
Rotterdam Convention
Russia
Russian asbestos industry
Scientific journals
Stephen Harper
World Health Organization
30. October 2008
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