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Asbestos disease ‘not a thing of the past’, lung experts warn.
22 June, 2012: Asbestos-related deaths in the UK expected to peak around the year 2016. An article by By Dame Helena Shovelton, Chief executive, British Lung Foundation.
Indian ports stuck with toxic waste dumped by Europe.
12 July, 2012: Concerns for the 7600 kilometre-long Indian coastline with dumped hazardous products posing threats to hundreds of fragile ecosystems.
Calls for Canada to ban asbestos exports to India
19 July 2012: The planned reopening of asbestos mine in Canada prompts calls for Gillard government to advise against asbestos exports to India
Marois pledges to cancel $58-million loan to Quebec asbestos mine.
August 31, 2012: Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois says their government would end the controversial asbestos industry in the province by canceling a $58-million loan to Canada’s last asbestos mine and using the funds to diversify the local economy
Barbara McQueen Video Presentation. (6 min 27) 12 April, 2012
Added September 26, 2012: Barbara McQueen, widow of Steve McQueen, speaks out against the production and use of asbestos in a video presented at the 2012 Asbestos Awareness Conference.
Asbestos History Repeating
November 13, 2011: Asbestos History Repeating. Matt Peacock report on Foreign Correspondent.
Baron and Budd Warns about Asbestos Exposure During Hurricane Sandy Recovery
5 November, 2012: Exposure to asbestos a concern in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
Investigator: Students gut asbestos-filled building
January 8, 2013: NBC affiliate reports that students as young as 13 from a small religious school in Cleveland, USA were exposed to asbestos when they volunteered to clean up a contaminated site.