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So Much For That Debate: Canada's Last Asbestos Mine About To Run Dry

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.21.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Quebec, Rotterdam Convention, Canada Asbestos, Asbestos, Stephen Harper, Natural Resources Canada, Thetford Mines, Mining, Canada Business News

MONTREAL - A confidential federal memo suggests Canada's last fully functional asbestos mine is about to die, raising the prospect the controversial i...

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Asbestos Win, Canada Keeps Substance Off Hazardous List

CBC News | Laura Payton | Posted 08.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: Rotterdam Convention, Stephen Harper, Asbestos, Conservatives, Chrysotile Asbestos, United Nations, Canada News

CBC -- Canada won the fight, for at least another two years, to keep asbestos off an international list of hazardous chemicals as discussions wrapped ...

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Harper Celebrates St-Jean-Baptiste In Asbestos Country

The Canadian Press | Posted 08.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: Rotterdam Convention, St-Jean-Baptiste, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Stephen Harper, Asbestos, Asbestos Industry, United Nations, Canada News

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - The prime minister is celebrating St-Jean-Baptiste in the heart of the asbestos industry as Canada's delegation to an i...

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Canada Won't Allow Asbestos To Be Listed As 'Hazardous'

Postmedia News | Posted 08.22.2011 | Canada
Read More: Asbestos Hazardous, Rotterdam Convention, Cancer, Carcinogen, Asbestos, Chrysotile Asbestos, United Nations, Canada News

Canada told the world Wednesday it opposes placing limits on the export of chrysotile asbestos -- likely setting the stage for international efforts t...

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