Monday, June 20, 2011

Asbestos - An Opportunity to End Canada's Shame

While I have written previously on Canada's ongoing indefensible practice of exporting chrysotile (asbestos) to developing nations despite its well-known lethal health effects, this country does get the chance to begin to rectify things today as it meets in Geneva with 142 other countries that have ratified the Rotterdam Convention, which concerns pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons.

Canada has previously opposed the listing of asbestos; judging by the response I got from my M.P., I am not hopeful that it will relent this time, despite international and domestic pressure to do so.

The full article about Canada's past obstructionism and present opportunity can be read here.

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