News & Events

Letter to Prime Minister Harper. Read the document here

Important report "Exporting Harm" published. Read the document here

World Calls of Conscience to Stéphane Dion & Prime Minister Harper

Canada Obstructing U.N. Convention over Asbestos . Read the BAC release here

Canadian Labour Congress passes asbestos resolution:

The CLC calls on the federal government to:

1. Adopt a comprehensive asbestos strategy, phasing out both the use and export of asbestos as communities are transitioned; 2. Ensure there is a fair and just transition plan developed in consultation with the United Steelworkers and the Quebec Federation of Labour for communities affected by changes; 3. Ensure that workers and communities affected have resourses to ensure ongoing financial stability; 4. Work with individual Canadians, labour unions, producers, manufacturers, and other levels of government to ensure that solutions meet local needs.

NDP calls for action on the elimination of asbestos use globally. Read the BAC release here

Environmental, women's, labour and health groups around the world call for action to save the Rotterdam Convention. Read the release here.

Please read this appeal from India for Canadian's to eliminate the use and export of Canadian chrysotile to the global south.

The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat has launched a brand new website. Please visit ibasecretariat.org to access this excellent resource.

Canada blocks inclusion of chrysotile to international list of hazardous chemicals Click here to read BAC's press release. Click here to read AVAQ's press release.

Call by the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Council, for the WHO to take important action to end the asbestos tragedy. Read their letter here.

Asbestos industry engages in self-congratulatory meetings while victims die from our “safe” asbestos. Read BAC's release here.

Read Mining Watch's response to the Chrysotile Institute's International Conference on Chrysotile

CAW produces historical scrapbook of asbestos in Canada. View this excellent publication here.

BAC is deeply saddened by the death of Alan Reinstein, president and co-founder of the Asbestos Diseases Awareness Organization. Please read the official ADAO statement here. A press release by BAC can be found here. A tribute to Alan Reinstein can also be found on the IBAS website.

Read the ADAO's release on the unfair United State's Asbestos Trust Fund Legislation

Canada’s poisoning of tsunami victims. Read BAC’s release here.