In the U.K., nearly 2,000 people are dying from the same disease every year and the incidence is rising. Globally many more lives are lost every year from this and other diseases linked to asbestos exposure.
Much of the asbestos poison which is responsible for this global epidemic is produced by Canada, and globally, asbestos producers have prevented attempts to regulate the trade in this acknowledged carcinogen. Last year, Canada orchestrated the blocking of the second attempt by the United Nations to introduce a prior informed consent regime to global asbestos sales; Canada had also acted to block the first attempt made under the Rotterdam Convention to include white asbestos on a list of hazardous substances.
Read article: The terrible toll of asbestos...National Post, Canada
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