Doctors alarmed by loophole allowing sale of used asbestos products

OTTAWA—Public health advocates and environmental groups say the federal government needs to close a loophole allowing the sale of second-hand products containing asbestos. Canada banned the cancer-causing mineral and products that contain it in December 2018, more than 30 years after the World Health Organization designated it as a carcinogen. In a July letter to … Continue reading Doctors alarmed by loophole allowing sale of used asbestos products