In October 2020, APHEDA’s partner organisation, the Building Wood Workers Trade Union Federation (BWTUC), took the lead on Cambodia’s first Tripartite Consultation on Responding to Asbestos Hazards in the Construction Sector.
Update on the campaign to stop Multilateral Development Banks funding asbestos – part of a global push to make sure billions of aid dollars does not support the asbestos industry.
On 31 August 2020, a workshop covering the latest information on the current situation of hazardous waste – including asbestos – took place in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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?
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.