Repeat Call to Ban Asbestos

A second call has been made by the Collegium Ramazzini, an international academic society specialising in occupational and environmental medicine.

Asbestos is Still with Us: Repeat Call for a Universal Ban was issued by the Collegium Ramazzini in March 2010.

The document is a follow-up to Call for an International Ban on Asbestos, which was issued by the Collegium a decade ago.

The 2010 document provides news of recent developments, including scientific research and the adoption of asbestos policies by the World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisation which support a phasing out of asbestos use.

The mining and importation of asbestos has been illegal in Australia since 2003.

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