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Cape Asbestos – Still in Play – This Time for 3 Consecutive Cancers
A July 3, 2015 article in The Northern Echo in the UK brings news of another suit against Cape entities. Mr. Stephenson, the plaintiff,...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 6, 20152 min read
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Canada’s Chrysotile Institute Has Closed
After decades of operation, the Canadian-based Chrysotile Institute has closed. The web site is here, but who knows for how long. Future...
Kirk Hartley
May 1, 20121 min read
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Quebec Government Decides to Guarantee Loan for Asbestos Mining for Indian Fiber Buyer
The Montreal Gazette is reporting that the Quebec government has now said it will guarantee a loan to continue asbestos mining and...
Kirk Hartley
Apr 17, 20111 min read
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Asbestos Mining Investment Apparently Will Go Forward at Quebec’s Jeffrey Mine – Folly o
This story from the Montreal Gazette recounts apparent new investment in asbestos mining in Quebec’s Jeffery mine. It’s disappointing...
Kirk Hartley
Oct 23, 20101 min read
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Asbestos, Canada Tries to Define Its Future After Over a Hundred Years as Home to the Old Jeffrey C
Johns-Manville for many years owned the chrysotile mine in the Canadian town of Asbestos. The town is northeast of Montreal, and not too...
Kirk Hartley
May 9, 20101 min read
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Asbestos Mining and South Africa – Unclosed Mines
This January 2010 article from South Africa reports on this new auditor general report raising major issues regarding failed clean up of...
Kirk Hartley
Jan 26, 20101 min read
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Asbest: The Russian Town that Is All About Producing Asbestos and the Dangers of Amphibole Fibers
A May 5, 2009 Slate article by Shaun Walker is about Russian towns that revolve around one industry. Such towns, he says, are known as...
Kirk Hartley
May 25, 20093 min read
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