Statement in response to asbestos industry efforts to prevent a ban on asbestos in Pakistan: chrysotile asbestos use is not safe and must be banned.
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In a letter dated January 31, 2013 to Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja (Senior Adviser, Chemicals and Sustainable Industrial Development, Sustainable Development Policy Institute of Pakistan), the Chairman of the International Chrysotile Association (Mr. JeanMarc Leblond) expresses the opposition of that Association to the recommendation made, in January 2013, by the Pakistan National Assembly's Standing Committee on Human Resource Development to ban the import and use of asbestos.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of environmental & occupational health
دوره 68 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013