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Double Standards: The Ban on Asbestos, Does Not Pray for the Dividend Flows by Francisco Báez Baquet

Posted on July 30, 2019 Double Standards: the ban on asbestos, does not pray for the dividend flows Author: Francisco Báez Baquet ( lacuentadelpaco@hotmail.com ) PRELIMINARY NOTE: This article consists in the updating of a part of the content of … Continue reading

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EPA and TSCA Implementation: Without an Asbestos Ban, You Can Put Lipstick on This Pig, But it’s Still a Pig

In Spanish: Implementación EPA TSCA: Sin Una Prohibición En Contra De Los Asbestos, Ud. Puede Ponerle Pintura De Labios a Este Cerdo, Pero Seguirá Siendo un Cerdo Posted on August 6, 2018 This is an unusual blog for me. During … Continue reading

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Gujarat Composite Ltd: A Case Study

// A guest post by Mohit Gupta, GBAN member Shree Digvijay Cement (SDCL) started commercial production of cement in 1949. A plant to manufacture asbestos cement pipes was commissioned in Nov.’62, with Johns Manville Corporation, being the technical consultant. In … Continue reading

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BANI Condemns Quebec Govt’s Support for asbestos mine expansion

Thursday, April 14, 2011 Press Release BANI Condemns Quebec Govt’s Support for asbestos mine expansion Scientists, Doctors & Jurists Seek Elimination of White Asbestos Environmental & Health Groups Demand Asbestos Free India Existing Ban on Asbestos Mining in India Must … Continue reading

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Asbestos: One Word. One Week. One World.

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“India should bury asbestos, not people”

Press Release – Ban Asbestos Network India “India should bury asbestos, not people” Medical Scientists Adopt & Endorse New Delhi Declaration Seeking Elimination of Chrysotile (White) Asbestos New Delhi/24 March 2011: Sounding the alarm bells for Indians, Dr Alec Farquhar, … Continue reading

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Manila, Philippines: House Committee approves asbestos ban bills

A post courtesy of Ban Asbestos Philippines Manila, Philippines (16 March 2011) – The House of Representatives Committee on Ecology approved House Bill Nos. 479 and 896. The approval came after the bill authors agreed to an amendment addressing installed … Continue reading

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Bihar, India: People’s movement stalls the construction of an asbestos factory

A guest blog post by Rajkumar Chaudhary, Citizen Forum against Asbestos (Patna, Bihar) The people’s protest against the construction of asbestos factory on fertile agricultural land in the densely populated area of Chainpur-Vishunpur village under the Marwan blocin Muzaffarpur district … Continue reading

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iMig Board Reiterates its Position: “There is no safe use of asbestos”

iMig Board Reiterates its Position: “There is no safe use of asbestos”  GBAN applauds the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig)for its public stance against Canada’s recent assertion as to the safety of chrysotile exposure, despite the fact that it is a … Continue reading

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ADAO Applauds Senate for Passage of Seventh Annual Resolution that Establishes “National Asbestos Awareness Week”

For Immediate Release: March 10, 2011  ADAO Applauds Senate for Passage of Seventh Annual Resolution that establishes “National Asbestos Awareness Week” 2011 also Marks Transformation into Global Asbestos Awareness Week    Washington, DC … March 10, 2011 — The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization … Continue reading

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