April 25, 2024

Asbestos removal contractor will serve two months in jail

Arthur Moore will be behind bars for two months for exposing teenage workers to Asbestos, despite acourt injunction. President of the Building Trades Union, Lee Loftus, says the Crown should proceed with criminal charges. "We are talking fraud, we are talking the use of vulnerable workers that come out of treatment centers and rehab centres,we are … [Read more...]

07/19/2011 – Breathtaking a personal investigation into the present-day use of asbestos – Documentary

Breathtaking: a personal investigation into the present-day use of asbestosDirected by Kathleen Mullen A filmmaker loses her father to an asbestos-related cancer, Mesothelioma. Her grief and resolve lead her to examine a dangerous product so entwined in Canadian history and economy, we can’t seem to stop mining it - or profiteering from it.  The … [Read more...]