Kirk HartleyJul 6, 20152 minCape Asbestos – Still in Play – This Time for 3 Consecutive CancersA July 3, 2015 article in The Northern Echo in the UK brings news of another suit against Cape entities. Mr. Stephenson, the plaintiff, h...
Kirk HartleyMay 1, 20121 minCanada’s Chrysotile Institute Has ClosedAfter decades of operation, the Canadian-based Chrysotile Institute has closed. The web site is here, but who knows for how long. Future ...
Kirk HartleyApr 17, 20111 minQuebec Government Decides to Guarantee Loan for Asbestos Mining for Indian Fiber BuyerThe Montreal Gazette is reporting that the Quebec government has now said it will guarantee a loan to continue asbestos mining and export...
Kirk HartleyOct 23, 20101 minAsbestos Mining Investment Apparently Will Go Forward at Quebec’s Jeffrey Mine – Folly oThis story from the Montreal Gazette recounts apparent new investment in asbestos mining in Quebec’s Jeffery mine. It’s disappointing tha...
Kirk HartleyMay 9, 20101 minAsbestos, Canada Tries to Define Its Future After Over a Hundred Years as Home to the Old Jeffrey CJohns-Manville for many years owned the chrysotile mine in the Canadian town of Asbestos. The town is northeast of Montreal, and not too ...
Kirk HartleyJan 26, 20101 minAsbestos Mining and South Africa – Unclosed MinesThis January 2010 article from South Africa reports on this new auditor general report raising major issues regarding failed clean up of ...
Kirk HartleyMay 25, 20093 minAsbest: The Russian Town that Is All About Producing Asbestos and the Dangers of Amphibole FibersA May 5, 2009 Slate article by Shaun Walker is about Russian towns that revolve around one industry. Such towns, he says, are known as mo...
