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Manitoba Workers Will Finally Be Protected From Asbestos

After years of pressure from labour, there will finally be a strict certification program to ensure workers are protected.

Renowned lawyer returns to Wittenoom asbestos case that changed his life

Forty years ago the Wittenoom asbestos disaster changed Peter Gordon's life. Now he has come back to finish what he started.

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Australia banned asbestos 20 years ago, but now a new battle is raging next door

In Indonesia, activists who recently won a court ruling requiring mandatory labelling on asbestos products are now being sued for defamation by a global industry lobby group representing the world's biggest asbestos producers, including those in Russia and China. 

Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos

Trump has supported use of asbestos and blamed the mob for its bad reputation.

Las asociaciones vecinales demandan una ley regional para la erradicación del amianto

En el Día Internacional de las Víctimas del Amianto, la Federación Vecinal pidió a la Comunidad de Madrid seguir el ejemplo del Gobierno de Cataluña, que en diciembre aprobó un proyecto de Ley para la Erradicación del Amianto al que el Parlament dio

Families call for action on legacy asbestos as home renovators among those to contract mesothelioma

With asbestos lurking in an estimated one-third of Australian homes, campaigners want compulsory registers of the deadly product for home owners in an effort to save the lives of unsuspecting renovators.