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Britain Widow gets six figure asbestos payout
Global Unions call for asbestos ban support
Britain Shipyard exposures caused asbestosis
Britain Family members face asbestos peril
Britain More white collar asbestos victims
Britain Rail worker gets asbestos payout
Britain Lung cancer survivor gets payout
Japan Government releases asbestos firms list
Britain MPs vow support for meso sufferers
South Africa Lobbyists fail to block asbestos ban

More news • Resources


Damning brochure
Ban Asbestos Canada has produced a hard hitting brochure to be handed out at Workers' Memorial Day 2008 events. High Resolution versions of the brochure are available from the BAC website in Black and White [pdf] and Colour [pdf]


OTHER STORIES
Don't mess with the unions
A global union campaign has seen James Hardie's rapid descent from darling of the stockmarket to company in crisis, facing protests and legal action on three continents. more

Union declaration Joint Declaration from the International Building Trade Union Federations, made at the Global Asbestos Congress, Tokyo, November 2004. Full declaration

Asbestos interests block global safety move Asbestos producer nations have blocked the addition of chrysotile (white) asbestos to the UN list of highly dangerous substances that cannot be exported to developing countries without their knowledge and agreement. more

 

 

  

ASBESTOS

Stop! Asbestos! The asbestos factories have shut, but the asbestos hasn’t gone away. A new HSE/TUC guide advises safety reps how to keep workplaces safe from asbestos – including clearing out when there is a serious risk. Hazards 97, February 2007 [pdf]

ILO to promote global asbestos ban The International Labour Office (ILO) is to pursue a global ban on asbestos, the world’s biggest ever industrial killer. The landmark decision came with the adoption of a resolution on 14 June 2006 at the ILO conference in Geneva and followed a high level union campaign. more

Breathtaking Asbestos diseases kill thousands in the UK every year. But these are not just statistics, they are all stories of pain, hardship and bereavement. Hazards 94, May 2006 [pdf]

Selling death Global asbestos plc blocked a deal that would have made it more difficult to unload asbestos on the developing world. It bought scientists and column inches in national papers. And it is killing hundreds of thousands each year. Hazards exposes the global asbestos industry's desperate battle for survival - at any price. more

RESOURCES

International Ban Asbestos Secretariat

IBAS international listing of victim support groups

UK asbestos groups

Ban Asbestos Canada

ActionMeso Has good links to other asbestos organisations

Roger Lowe Campaign

 

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