Hanoi Workshop: “Handling Hazardous Waste Including Asbestos”
On 31 August 2020, a workshop covering the latest information on the current situation of hazardous waste – including asbestos – took place in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Statement on Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting
Statement on ADB Annual Meeting – the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Must Clarify Asbestos Policy Now!
Asbestos boards a ferry into Sydney Harbour
Asbestos has been discovered on ferries bound for Sydney. But how did asbestos end up on the ferries when asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003?
Asbestos Ban Update: Campaigning in a Global Crisis Webinar
In this special webinar event, hear updates from three key leaders in the global campaign to ban asbestos – Pooja Gupta from the India Ban Asbestos Network (IBAN), Mochamad Darisam from the Indonesia Ban Asbestos Network, and Liam O’Brien from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).
Asbestos Awareness Promoted in Laos
The following short films were made by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for South-East Asia and the Asia Ban Asbestos Network to draw attention to the dangers of chrysotile exposure, and to explain how exposure to asbestos fibre causes asbestos-related diseases like lung cancer and mesothelioma.
No Asbestos in Covid-19 Relief!
Billions of dollars are being poured into the much needed global response to the COVID-19 pandemic response. We need to make sure that none of the health funding or economic relief from international organisations ends up funding asbestos products.