Monthly Archives: June 2011

Canada Refused to Allow Asbestos to be Put on United Nations List of Hazardous Substances by Kathleen Ruff

Posted on June 28, 2011 by admin

At the UN Conference in Geneva June 20 to 24, the more than a hundred countries present were on the point of achieving consensus to add chrysotile asbestos to the Rotterdam Convention’s list of hazardous substances. Countries can still export … Continue reading →

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“ROCA CONGRATULATES INDIA FOR CHANGING ITS POSITION ON CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS”

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Below is an important statement from the Rotterdam Convention Alliance (ROCA). The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization congratulates ROCA and our colleagues in Geneva on their momentous efforts to secure India’s support to include Chrysotile (white) asbestos in the Prior Informed … Continue reading →

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Groups Ask Harper to Put Global Health ahead of Interests of Asbestos Lobby

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

More than two hundred environmental and health groups, labor unions, asbestos victims’ organizations, and scientists from around the world to urge Prime Minister Harper to support the listing of Chrysotile asbestos on the United Nations Rotterdam Convention’s “prior informed consent” … Continue reading →

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