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Global Ban Asbestos Network Member Letter

Global Ban Asbestos Network Member Letter Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Dear GBAN Members, Can you believe that it’s been nearly four years since GBAN was founded by the Brazilian Association for the Asbestos-Exposed (ABREA) and the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)? Thanks to … Continue reading

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The ANDEVA International Demonstration for Asbestos Victims, Paris by Yvonne Waterman

In the early afternoon of October 13th, I found myself walking determinately through the streets of Paris to the central meeting point of an international asbestos demonstration that would cross the inner city of Paris and end at the impressive … Continue reading

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

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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