February 18, 2011

WILL CANADA EXPORT DEATH BY REJUVENATING ITS LAST ASBESTOS MINE?

A plan to increase production from Canada's last asbestos mine near this town named for the deadly mineral has beside yourself physicians and public health workers around the globe.


They say the fibers from chrysotile ore, also called white asbestos, are to blame for a worldwide death reckons in the millions. Many experts are especially upset that the plan calls for the carcinogenic mineral to be shipped to countries where it encounters little, if any, protective limitations on its use.Politicians, entrepreneurs and bureaucrats in Quebec insist that the chrysotile ore being mined at the moment 75 miles north of the Vermont border is perfectly safe, harmless to the miners and toward the workers and consumers who will handle it.

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