Last week the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention, an international body that regulates hazardous substances, concluded without recommending that chrysotile asbestos be listed as a hazardous substance. This failure has outraged survivors of asbestos disease, community groups and unions around the world as it flies in the face of all scientific evidence. Once again, a handful of countries have allowed the asbestos industry to not only get away with mass murder, but to make millions of dollars in profit as well.
Last week the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention, an international body that regulates hazardous substances, concluded without recommending that chrysotile asbestos be listed as a hazardous substance. This failure has outraged survivors of asbestos disease, community groups and unions around the world as it flies in the face of all scientific evidence. Once again, a handful of countries have allowed the asbestos industry to not only get away with mass murder, but to make millions of dollars in profit as well.
