The Mesothelioma Research Foundation of America along with the Canadian Medical Association, the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS), and several other anti-asbestos campaigners are calling on the Quebec Government not to provide loan guarantees to a consortium who intend to restore Canada’s dying asbestos export industry.
Exposure to asbestos has proven since the 1960’s and 70’s to be the leading cause of a specific lung cancer called Mesothelioma. Diagnosis of having this deadly disease is almost always a painful, death sentence. For example, as the effects of asbestos on workers from the United Kingdom who were exposed in the 60’s and 70’s continue to manifest, records show deaths from mesothelioma have increased from 895 in 1990 to 2,249 in 2008. There is no indication of this declining, and this trend is beginning to be recognized in other high-income nations who used asbestos products including the United States.
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