CANADA FACES DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION OVER ASBESTOS
June 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CANADIAN government has been attacked by environmentalists for blocking an international agreement over the notification of exports of asbestos to importing countries. At a Geneva meeting this week of the fifth conference of parties to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals, Canada has opposed placing chrysotile asbestos on the agreement's Annex III. This would force asbestos exporting countries to warn importing customs authorities every time a cargo of the mineral was on its way. Canada is an important exporter of asbestos, ...
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