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Citizens of Asbest, Russia Live in a Cloud of Asbestos Dust

Asbest, Russia – the name says it all. This city of 70,000 on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains has one major industry: mining asbestos. While the United States and most developed economies have either provided stringent requirements for handling the mineral, or banned it outright, Russia has increased production – from 850,000 tons …

Second-hand Asbestos Exposure Can Lead to Disease

A longtime blogger and advocate for asbestos awareness, Debbie Brewer, recently lost her battle with the disease at age 53. Ms. Brewer was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006 and was thought to have contracted the disease as a child through the daily welcome-home hugs to her father who worked around asbestos at a dockyard. She …

The Rotterdam Convention and Asbestos

May 2013 concluded the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Conference. This conference discusses and votes on changes to the Rotterdam Convention, a multinational treaty promoting shared responsibilities between countries in relation to importation of hazardous materials. This group determines what materials and chemicals are added to a Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure. What is the …

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