Photo: Woman sifting asbestos into powder, Bangladesh (Greenpeace)
Though there have been efforts to phase it out at home, it is anticipated that the Canadian government will be lobbying against the inclusion of a type of asbestos on a watch list of the world’s most dangerous substances in UN negotiations later this week.

In a harsh editorial published in its latest issue, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) is condemning what it calls the Canadian government’s “death-dealing charade” in exporti