Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Harper and Co. don't care if we all die of asbestos poisioning

Mr Harper sir, there may be some danger from abse....

Is it in the Ayn Rand?

Well, I don't think..

Is it in the Bible?

No I don't...

Well then it doesn't exist, stop worrying your pretty little head over it...lalalalala

The Canadian government rejected advice from Health Canada that asbestos be added to a global list of hazardous materials in 2006, CBC News has learned.

According to documents obtained under Access to Information, a senior Health Canada bureaucrat wrote that the agency believed that chrysotile — a form of asbestos that has been linked to cancer — should be added to a UN treaty known as the Rotterdam Convention.

"[Health Canada's] preferred position would be to list — as this is consistent with controlled use — i.e. let people know about the substance so they have the information they need, through prior informed consent, to ensure they handle and use the substance correctly," wrote Paul Glover then director general of Health Canada's safe environments program, in 2006.


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