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Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

August 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle AP Environment Writer VAISHALI, India (AP) — The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at a conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some of the world’s poorest people.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Abhaya Shankar, Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association, Asia, Assistant Surgeon General Dr, India, John Nicodemus, Madan Prasad Gupta, New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Quebec-based Chrysotile Institute, Richard Lemen, Russia, Supreme Court, Toxicologist David Bernstein, Umesh Kumar, VAISHALI, Vol 33 No 34 | August 16 - August 22, WHO

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