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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 6, 2015
    • 2 min

    Cape Asbestos – Still in Play – This Time for 3 Consecutive Cancers

    A July 3, 2015 article in The Northern Echo in the UK brings news of another suit against Cape entities. Mr. Stephenson, the plaintiff,...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 1, 2012
    • 1 min

    Canada’s Chrysotile Institute Has Closed

    After decades of operation, the Canadian-based Chrysotile Institute has closed. The web site is here, but who knows for how long. Future...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 17, 2011
    • 1 min

    Quebec Government Decides to Guarantee Loan for Asbestos Mining for Indian Fiber Buyer

    The Montreal Gazette is reporting that the Quebec government has now said it will guarantee a loan to continue asbestos mining and...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 23, 2010
    • 1 min

    Asbestos Mining Investment Apparently Will Go Forward at Quebec’s Jeffrey Mine – Folly o

    This story from the Montreal Gazette recounts apparent new investment in asbestos mining in Quebec’s Jeffery mine. It’s disappointing...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 9, 2010
    • 1 min

    Asbestos, Canada Tries to Define Its Future After Over a Hundred Years as Home to the Old Jeffrey C

    Johns-Manville for many years owned the chrysotile mine in the Canadian town of Asbestos. The town is northeast of Montreal, and not too...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jan 26, 2010
    • 1 min

    Asbestos Mining and South Africa – Unclosed Mines

    This January 2010 article from South Africa reports on this new auditor general report raising major issues regarding failed clean up of...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 25, 2009
    • 3 min

    Asbest: The Russian Town that Is All About Producing Asbestos and the Dangers of Amphibole Fibers

    A May 5, 2009 Slate article by Shaun Walker is about Russian towns that revolve around one industry. Such towns, he says, are known as...
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    Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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