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Monday Apr 30 | Montreal Gazette

Pro-asbestos advocacy group shuts its doors

A decades-old pro-asbestos lobby group, currently funded by the Quebec government, will be shutting its doors after notifying the federal government of its plan to dissolve.

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Sat Apr 07, 2012

Sydney Morning Herald

A town called Asbestos ... by name and by nature

But, for a small town, Asbestos has been the subject of a big controversy over the past few years.

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Related Topix: Canada, Health, Mesothelioma

Tue Apr 03, 2012

The Montreal Gazette

Critic fears McGill asbestos review will be 'whitewash'

Critics have assailed retired McGill University professor John Corbett McDonald's role in defending the interests of the asbestos industry.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Mon Apr 02, 2012

The McGill Daily

I Heart Asbestos

Why does the town of Asbestos, Quebec want to reopen a mine that's been giving its residents cancer for a hundred years? In 1949, the town of Asbestos, Quebec was rocked by one of the fiercest labour disputes in the province's history.

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