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Protest at Canada's asbestos mining
12:19 AEST Tue Oct 5 2004
Construction workers are marching outside the Canadian embassy in Canberra on Tuesday to protest against Canada's support for the production and export of asbestos.
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union said Canada was one of the few countries in the world still mining asbestos, and was one of the world's largest exporters of the white asbestos or chrysotile.
National secretary of the CFMEU construction and general division, John Sutton, said while most European countries and Australia had banned the use of asbestos because of their deadly impact, the Canadian government had actively blocked the listing of white asbestos in the major international toxic substances convention.
"This stance is particularly abhorrent, when you consider that most of Canada's white asbestos is being exported to developing countries," he said.
"The Rotterdam Convention, which the Canadian government has been undermining, assists developing countries to prevent shipments of toxic materials from first world countries being dumped on their markets.
"With 100,000 people dying every year worldwide from asbestos-related diseases, the Canadian government needs to seriously reconsider its policies on asbestos production and export and move quickly to ratify the Rotterdam Convention."
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Protest at Canada's asbestos mining 12:19 AEST Tue Oct 5 2004 Construction workers are marching outside the Canadian embassy in Canberra on Tuesday to protest against Canada's support for the production and export of asbestos. |
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