
asbestos: 1/3 of 3
Plans to reopen world’s largest asbestos mine will create ‘new generation’ of victims
Vi Nguyen
23rd December, 2010
Quebec government considering $58 million loan to support the mine despite moral outrage over export of dangerous asbestos to India, Indonesia and the Phillipinesmore...
Workplace cancer costing 8,000 lives a year
Ecologist
15th June, 2010
Research is the first attempt to quantify the higher cancer risk faced by men and women working in construction and doing shift work, but cancer charities say study is outdated more...
Behind the label: talcum powder
Pat Thomas
13th April, 2010
Keeping your baby's bottom soft and dry shouldn't mean exposing it to a potentially harmful and environmentally costly substance more...

