Last week the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention, an international body that
regulates hazardous substances, concluded without recommending that chrysotile
asbestos be listed as a hazardous substance. This failure has outraged survivors of
asbestos disease, community
groups and unions
around the world as it flies in the face of all scientific evidence. Once
again, a handful of countries have allowed the asbestos industry to not only
get away with mass murder, but to make millions of dollars in profit as well.
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Rotterdam Conference - mass murder in the making - advice from Australia Asia Worker Links - www.@aawl.org.au
http://aawl.org.au/content/rotterdam-conference-mass-murder-making
Last week the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention, an international body that
regulates hazardous substances, concluded without recommending that chrysotile
asbestos be listed as a hazardous substance. This failure has outraged survivors of
asbestos disease, community
groups and unions
around the world as it flies in the face of all scientific evidence. Once
again, a handful of countries have allowed the asbestos industry to not only
get away with mass murder, but to make millions of dollars in profit as well.
Last week the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention, an international body that
regulates hazardous substances, concluded without recommending that chrysotile
asbestos be listed as a hazardous substance. This failure has outraged survivors of
asbestos disease, community
groups and unions
around the world as it flies in the face of all scientific evidence. Once
again, a handful of countries have allowed the asbestos industry to not only
get away with mass murder, but to make millions of dollars in profit as well.