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2011 11 23

Asbestos: Canada's ugly secret

             politicians are shaming us, say dozens of commenters on a june 2009 Melissa Fung CBC report about workers in India dying of asbestosis from Canadian government supported exports in this CBC video

             Russia and Canada are the main exporters to developing nations, making immoral profits from the export of a substance too hazardous to be used at home

             ban asbestos because asbestos kills, says an alliance of unions, environmental groups, and doctors ~ "an international epidemic of ill health and death is caused by exposure to asbestos"

             asbestolatry, a term coined by Bill Casselman and a town named asbestos, is the shame of Canada

 2011 08 24
Canadian Medical Association slams feds' 'shameful' asbestos stance
             Canada's doctors are condemning the Harper government for its "shameful" decision to block listing asbestos as a hazardous product.
             Delegates to the CMA general assembly voted nearly unanimously ~ 99 per cent ~ in support of a motion Wednesday opposing the federal government for contesting the international designation of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous substance.
full story at canada.com ~ a postmedia news service

             ban asbestos says the doctor's association: its "production, use and export"
 

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