Canada, Others Block Asbestos from U.N. Hazardous List

GENEVA (Reuters) – Chrysotile asbestos will not be listed as a hazardous industrial chemical that can be banned from import after countries including Canada and Ukraine blocked consensus, a United Nations spokesman said Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting of states that have ratified the Rotterdam Convention despite the treaty’s scientific review body having recommended the inclusion of “white” asbestos on health grounds, a U.N. spokesman said.

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Canada, Others Block Asbestos from U.N. Hazardous List