{"id":560,"date":"2010-01-28T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightoncanada.ca\/?p=560"},"modified":"2010-01-28T14:48:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T19:48:01","slug":"scientists-from-28-countries-condemn-quebecs-asbestos-export-des-scientifiques-de-28-pays-condamnent-l%e2%80%99exportation-d%e2%80%99amiante-par-le-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"Scientists from 28 countries condemn Quebec’s asbestos export \/ Des scientifiques de 28 pays condamnent l\u2019exportation d\u2019amiante par le Qu\u00e9bec"},"content":{"rendered":"

La version fran\u00e7ais suit…<\/em><\/p>\n

Scientists from 28 countries condemn Quebec’s asbestos export<\/h2>\n

Support independent science, not industry misinformation, scientists tell Charest<\/h4>\n

Over a hundred prominent scientists in 28 countries have challenged Premier Jean Charest, who leaves on a trade mission to India on Jan. 31, to stop Quebec’s export of asbestos to the developing world.<\/p>\n

In their letter, released today, the scientists note that Quebec uses virtually none of the asbestos it mines; is spending millions of dollars to remove all forms of asbestos from its schools and buildings; and that its own health experts oppose the government’s asbestos policy and have shown that in Quebec itself, it has been impossible to use any asbestos safely.<\/p>\n

This indicates a disturbing double standard that brings dishonour on Quebec’s international reputation, the scientists tell Charest.<\/p>\n

The letter is signed by U.S. cancer expert, Dr Devra Davis, and by Sue Janse van Rensburg, Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA). “Quebec itself is experiencing an appalling epidemic of asbestos-related disease,” noted Ms Rensburg, “yet it is exporting asbestos to developing countries where there are far less protections than in Quebec. This is simply indefensible.”<\/p>\n

“South Africa used to export asbestos, but has now banned it,” noted Dr Davis. “If a country facing enormous economic hardships, like South Africa, can ban asbestos, then why can’t Quebec?”<\/p>\n

The scientists criticized Charest for funding industry misinformation and turning a deaf ear to his own health experts. “Independent scientists in Quebec and in India are being vilified and threatened by the asbestos industry,” said Dr Davis, noting that the asbestos industry in India has notified a number of scientists that legal action will be taken against them if they do not retract their published articles concerning the threat to health posed by chrysotile asbestos. “We call on Premier Charest to categorically condemn such threats to independent science by vested interests. We ask him to give his unequivocal support to his government’s own health scientists . We ask him to act honourably and end Quebec’s export of this deadly product<\/p>\n

Download the letter here:\u00a0 Letter to Premier Charest<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Des scientifiques de 28 pays condamnent l\u2019exportation d\u2019amiante par le Qu\u00e9bec<\/h2>\n

Ces scientifiques demandent au premier ministre Charest de soutenir la science d\u00e9sint\u00e9ress\u00e9e et non pas la propagande de l\u2019industrie.<\/h4>\n

Plus d\u2019une centaine de scientifiques renomm\u00e9s de 28 pays demandent au Premier Ministre Charest, \u00e0 la veille de son d\u00e9part pour une mission commerciale en Inde, le 31 janvier prochain, de mettre fin \u00e0 l\u2019exportation vers les pays du tiers monde, de l\u2019amiante du Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

Dans une lettre rendue publique aujourd\u2019hui, les scientifiques signalent que le Qu\u00e9bec n\u2019utilise pratiquement pas l\u2019amiante qu\u2019on extraie de son sous-sol; en outre, le Qu\u00e9bec d\u00e9pense des millions pour \u00f4ter l\u2019amiante des \u00e9coles et des b\u00e2timents qui lui appartiennent. Les scientifiques du Qu\u00e9bec ont d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 la politique gouvernementale encourageant l\u2019utilisation de l\u2019amiante et document\u00e9 qu\u2019au Qu\u00e9bec m\u00eame, il s\u2019av\u00e8re impossible d\u2019appliquer les m\u00e9thodes s\u00e9curitaires d\u2019utilisation de l\u2019amiante<\/p>\n

Les scientifiques signalent au Premier Ministre qu\u2019il s\u2019agit l\u00e0 d\u2019une attitude qui d\u00e9shonore la r\u00e9putation internationale du Qu\u00e9bec, puisqu\u2019il ne semble pas pratiquer ce qu\u2019il pr\u00eache.<\/p>\n

Parmi les signataires on compte la Dre Devra Davis, experte am\u00e9ricaine du cancer ainsi que Sue Janse van Rensburg, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Association contre le cancer d\u2019Afrique du Sud (CANSA) qui signale que \u00ab le Qu\u00e9bec est lui-m\u00eame confront\u00e9 \u00e0 une \u00e9pid\u00e9mie inqui\u00e9tante de maladies caus\u00e9es par l\u2019amiante et il continue d\u2019en exporter vers les pays en d\u00e9veloppement o\u00f9 on trouve beaucoup moins de moyens de protection qu\u2019au Qu\u00e9bec. Ceci est tout simplement ind\u00e9fendable. \u00bb<\/p>\n

\u00ab L\u2019Afrique du Sud exportait de l\u2019amiante mais l\u2019interdit maintenant \u00ab constate la Dre Davis. \u00ab Quand un pays se trouve confront\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u2019\u00e9normes difficult\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques comme l\u2019est l\u2019Afrique du Sud et qu\u2019il est capable de bannir l\u2019exportation de l\u2019amiante, pourquoi le Qu\u00e9bec ne le pourrait-il pas? \u00bb<\/p>\n

Les scientifiques d\u00e9plorent que le gouvernement dirig\u00e9 par M. Charest finance la propagande de l\u2019industrie tout en refusant d\u2019entendre ses propres experts. \u00ab Les scientifiques ind\u00e9pendants du Qu\u00e9bec et de l\u2019Inde se font calomnier et intimider par l\u2019industrie soutient la Dre Davis, signalant que l\u2019industrie de l\u2019amiante de l\u2019Inde a pr\u00e9venu un certain nombre de chercheurs qu\u2019ils seraient l\u2019objet de recours en justice s\u2019ils ne r\u00e9tractaient pas des articles portant sur les risques pour la sant\u00e9 qui sont li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019amiante chrysotile. Nous demandons au Premier Ministre Charest de condamner ces menaces que des int\u00e9r\u00eats particuliers font peser sur la recherche ind\u00e9pendante. Nous lui demandons d\u2019endosser les scientifiques de son gouvernement et d\u2019agir en homme d\u2019honneur en mettant fin \u00e0 l\u2019exportation par le Qu\u00e9bec d\u2019un produit mortel. \u00bb<\/p>\n

T\u00e9l\u00e9charger la lettre ici:\u00a0 Lettre au premier ministre Charest<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La version fran\u00e7ais suit… Scientists from 28 countries condemn Quebec’s asbestos export Support independent science, not industry misinformation, scientists tell Charest Over a hundred prominent scientists in 28 countries have challenged Premier Jean Charest, who leaves on a trade mission to India on Jan. 31, to stop Quebec’s export of asbestos to the developing world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[326,98,97,95,94,79,93,96],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-asbestos","tag-association-contre-le-cancer-dafrique-du-sud","tag-cancer-association-of-south-africa","tag-dr-devra-davis","tag-exporting-asbestos","tag-jean-charest","tag-quebec","tag-sue-janse-van-rensburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightoncanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}