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Comment
. 2010 Jul;118(7):A298-303.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.118-a298.

A worn-out welcome: renewed call for a global ban on asbestos

Rebecca Clay Haynes
Comment

A worn-out welcome: renewed call for a global ban on asbestos

Rebecca Clay Haynes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jul.
No abstract available

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Scanning electron micrograph of chrysotile asbestos fibers
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At least eight companies in the Indian state of Gujarat produce asbestos-containing goods. This X ray reveals asbestosis diagnosed in a worker from one of those companies.
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Workers package asbestos in Zhangye, China. In 2008 China produced an estimated 280,000 metric tons of asbestos, making it the world’s second-largest producer. The world leader, Russia, produced an estimated 1,017,000 metric tons in 2008.
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The LAB Chrysotile Mine in Quebec is Canada’s last functional open-pit asbestos mine. At press time, the provincial government was considering a Can$58 million subsidy to complete a new underground mine that could revive Canada’s failing asbestos industry.
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Corrugated asbestos roofing is common in the slums of India (top, Ahmedabad; bottom, New Delhi), where the cheap material is seen as a boon to development. India’s use of asbestos, primarily for roofing, more than doubled between 2000 and 2007. But although asbestos remains safely locked into intact tiles, broken and crumbling roofing can release respirable fibers.
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Comment on

  • The case for a global ban on asbestos.
    LaDou J, Castleman B, Frank A, Gochfeld M, Greenberg M, Huff J, Joshi TK, Landrigan PJ, Lemen R, Myers J, Soffritti M, Soskolne CL, Takahashi K, Teitelbaum D, Terracini B, Watterson A. LaDou J, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jul;118(7):897-901. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002285. Epub 2010 Jun 8. Environ Health Perspect. 2010. PMID: 20601329 Free PMC article.

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