Coalition urges Canada to end asbestos production
A group comprised of politicians, asbestos victims, labor leaders, researchers, health care professionals and experts from all over the world formed a coalition to persuade the Canadian government to ban the mining, manufacture and export of asbestos. Much of the world’s asbestos is produced in Canada and exported all over the world, and as a result, more Canadians die each year from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure than by all other industrial causes combined. NDP MP Pat Martin, a former asbestos miner, has been at the forefront of the movement in the House of Commons. He calls Canada’s continued asbestos production an “international disgrace.”
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