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  • Organization (ADAO), representing thousands of asbestos victims, physicians and scientists around the world, urges the Canadian Parliament to oppose Quebec government's offering of $58 million loan guarantee that would enable Jeffrey Mine Inc. to open up a new underground asbestos mine in Asbestos, Quebec.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • Lee was part of a delegation of Asia-based asbestos victims, rights activists and trade union representatives who came to Montreal to urge Quebec's government not to support the expansion of the notorious Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Que., and, by extension, the carcinogenic fibre's export overseas.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Andrew Chung 2010

  • Lee was part of a delegation of Asia-based asbestos victims, rights activists and trade union representatives who came to Montreal to urge Quebec's government not to support the expansion of the notorious Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Que., and, by extension, the carcinogenic fibre's export overseas.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Andrew Chung 2010

  • Asbestos is a deadly product that we export to Third World countries while making its use illegal here.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that occur naturally as masses of strong, flexible fibers that can be separated into thin threads and woven. asbestos has been widely used in many industrial products, including cement, brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, textiles, and insulation.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that occur naturally as masses of strong, flexible fibers that can be separated into thin threads and woven. asbestos has been widely used in many industrial products, including cement, brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, textiles, and insulation.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that occur naturally as masses of strong, flexible fibers that can be separated into thin threads and woven. asbestos has been widely used in many industrial products, including cement, brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, textiles, and insulation.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that occur naturally as masses of strong, flexible fibers that can be separated into thin threads and woven. asbestos has been widely used in many industrial products, including cement, brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, textiles, and insulation.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that occur naturally as masses of strong, flexible fibers that can be separated into thin threads and woven. asbestos has been widely used in many industrial products, including cement, brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, textiles, and insulation.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals that occur naturally as masses of strong, flexible fibers that can be separated into thin threads and woven. asbestos has been widely used in many industrial products, including cement, brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, textiles, and insulation.

    Balkinization 2007

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