“Voices on the Wall”
Tell Canadian Prime Minister Harper to stop exporting asbestos!
FACEBOOK: Post your message, photo or video on the Global Ban Asbestos Network (GBAN) Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/gbanAsbestos or email victims@gban.net to have your message posted. “Voices on the Wall” Flyer
Deadly Asbestos Facts:
- Asbestos is a human carcinogen and there is no safe level of exposure.
- Disregarding policies and scientific reports from the World Health Organization (WHO), International Labour Organization (ILO), and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC); Canada continues to export asbestos to the developing world.
- Canada is the fourth biggest exporter after Russia, Kazakhstan and Brazil.
We urge Prime Minister Harper to stop the mining and exporting deadly asbestos to the developing world.
Resources
Recent Canadian Asbestos News and Reports
Letter from Université Laval in Québec to Prime Minister Harper
“The Remnants of Asbestos Mining in Rajasthan; An Occupational Health Update “, Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC)
VIDEO
México Ban Asbestos (Spanish)
Los abogados de México Ban Asbestos hablan encima sobre de la exportación Canadiense mortal del asbesto
Asbestos in Mexico (English)
Mexico Ban Asbestos Advocates Speak Up about Deadly Canadian Asbestos Exportation
International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) Publications
- India’s Asbestos Time Bomb
- Killing the Future- Asbestos Use in Asia (English)
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Killing the Future- Asbestos Use in Asia (Bengali)
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Killing the Future- Asbestos Use in Asia (Chinese)
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Killing the Future- Asbestos Use in Asia (Japanese)
Policies, Reports, and Statements
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Collegium Ramazzini Statement: Asbestos Is Still With Us: Repeat Call for a Universal Ban
- Environmental Health Perspectives: “A Worn-Out Welcome: Renewed Call for a Global Ban on Asbestos” (2010)
- World Health Organization: Asbestos Fact sheet N°343 (2010)
- World Health Organization: Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments (2010)
- World Health Organization: The national strategic plan and actions for prevention and control of asbestos related diseases in Thailand (2010)
- World Health Organization: Elimination of Asbestos-Related Diseases (2006)
- International Labour Organization: Asbestos: Towards a Worldwide Ban (2006)
- The Center for Public Integrity: Dangers in the Dust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade (2010)
- Environmental Health Perspectives: “A Worn-Out Welcome: Renewed Call for a Global Ban on Asbestos” (2010)
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): A review of Human Carcinogens (March 2009)
- United States Surgeon General: Asbestos Awareness Statement (April 2009)