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Quebec Approves Loan for Asbestos Mine
In spite of a global publicity drive against the move, provincial officials in Quebec seem ready to okay a multi-million-dollar loan guarantee that would reenergize the province’s asbestos mining industry. The loan package, totaled at over US$50 million, would finance a project to add more mining tunnels at the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec. The [...]
International Scientists Ask Quebec Premier to Ban Asbestos
Members of the international scientific community are calling on Quebec Premier Jean Charest to ban the export of asbestos from his province. A letter signed by more than one hundred scientists representing twenty-eight countries was sent to Premier Charest, reiterating longstanding scientific findings that asbestos exposure can lead to mesothelioma, a rare and often fatal [...]
