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The Scientific Basis For a Total Asbestos Ban
(4/2006)
Numerous countries have
already enacted total bans on asbestos, while others
continue to use it as if the documented dangers over the
last century never existed. This disparity, with
developed countries tending to ban asbestos and poorer
countries serving as dumping grounds for asbestos
makers, led the University of Turin’s Center for the
Study of Asbestos to conduct a review of the scientific
basis for a total asbestos ban.
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All Types of Asbestos Related to High Incidence of
Mesothelioma in Australia
(3/2002)
Rebutting the
misrepresentation that chrysotile asbestos does not
cause mesothelioma, a 2002 article published by the
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health,
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine in
Sydney, Australia reviewed mesothelioma in that country
between 1945-2000
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