Statement in Response to Asbestos Industry Efforts to Prevent a Ban on Asbestos in Pakistan: Chrysotile Asbestos Use is Not Safe and Must Be Banned

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¹Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association of India, 2012.

Letter from health experts to Prime Minister Harper of Canada, January 23, 2009

Quebec, Public Health Directors, 2011. Les directions régionales de santé publique constatent l’échec de l’utilisation sécuritaire de l’amiante chrysotile.

Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail du Québec, 2010. Portrait des lésions professionnelles chez les travailleurs de 45 ans et plus 1999-2008.

The Case for a Global Ban on Asbestos, LaDou et al, Environmental Health Perspectives, volume 118, number 7, July 2010

Position Statement on Asbestos, JPC-SE, June 4, 2012

Endorsements from Organizations, JPC-SE Position Statement on Asbestos.

Endorsements from Individuals, JPC-SE Position Statement on Asbestos.

World Health Organization (WHO), 2006. Elimination of Asbestos-Related Disease. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO.

National Programmes for Elimination of Asbestos-Related Diseases: Review and Assessment, 07-08 June 2011, Bonn, WHO Regional Office for Europe, pp 22-29, 2012, Substitutes for Asbestos Construction Products, Barry Castleman, ScD.

Dec. 21, 2012, New homes drive tile growth, http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/327227/new-homes-drive-tile-growth.

Virta, RL, Asbestos: US Geological Survey, Asbestos Production, Trade & Consumption in 2011.

Correction. The correct figure is 35 countries. The typographical error on the IBAS website, stating 15 countries, was corrected to say 35 countries on Feb 23, 2013.

Charting the Changing Pattern of Asbestos Production and Use 1950-2012, Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, Jan. 22, 2013

Testimony of David Bernstein in Emma Josephine Maloney Martin vs Quigley Company, Inc., District Court, Ellis County, Texas 40th Judicial District, Oct. 16, 2007. Transcript available on request.

Mealey's International Asbestos Liability Report November 19, 2003, 1-9 Mealey's Intl. Asb. Liab. Rep. 7 (2003).

Chrysotile Institute media release, With new supporting evidence, Quebec chrysotile is entitled to fair and balanced treatment, Sept. 9, 2003

Suzuki, Y, Yuen, SR, Ashley, R, Short, thin asbestos fibers contributed to the development of human malignant mesothelioma: Pathological evidence. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health, 208:201-10,2005. Also Dodson, RF, Analysis and relevance of asbestos burden in tissue, 2nd ed. In: Asbestos: Risk Assessment, Epidemiology and Health. Hammar and Dodson eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl., 2011, pp 49–108.