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Cancer-Causing Asbestos Still Common in Indian Trade, Waste [1]

'Indian children play on the sloping face of a man-made mountain of mining detritus. Factory workers toil in a blizzard of white fibre with little or no protection. These are just some of the disturbing daily scenes in India where asbestos is a booming building product.'



Matt Peacock reports for Australian ABC's Foreign Correspondent November 8, 2011. [2]

Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Asia [6]
Public [7]
Source: Australian ABC [2], 11/08/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cancer-causing-asbestos-still-common-indian-trade-waste [2] http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-08/india-toxic-trade/3650230?section=world [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81