Final reminder: CACOR Live | Julian Branch | Tough to Swallow – The story of asbestos cement water pipes and ingested asbestos | 19 Nov 2025 13:30 EST
Art Hunter
Final reminder: You are invited to a CACOR Live presentation
Speaker: Julian Branch
Topic: Tough to Swallow – The story of asbestos cement water pipes and ingested asbestos
Time: Nov 19, 2025, 13:30 Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
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Summary:
Julian’s presentation will explore an issue few people are aware of. Asbestos-cement fabricated water pipes deliver water to millions of people around the world. Research shows the pipes have reached the end of their lives and are shedding fibres into the water. While the hazards of inhaling asbestos are well documented, there is still a debate regarding the hazards of ingested asbestos. Julian’s background in journalism and strategic communications provides a unique insight into this fascinating issue.
Bio:
Julian Branch is an award-winning journalist who spent 14 of his 25 years in the business as a national correspondent with The Canadian Press. Following a rewarding career in journalism, Julian embarked on a second career in strategic communications, where he served as the Director of Communications for three provincial premiers. Julian concluded his career working in senior communications positions in the post-secondary sector at the University of Regina and the College of the North Atlantic Qatar in Doha, Qatar.
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All future CACOR Live speakers presently scheduled:
| Richard van der Jagt | 270 | 19-Nov-25 | Julian Branch | Tough to Swallow – The story of asbestos cement water pipes and ingested asbestos |
| Ruth Waldick | 271 | 26-Nov-25 | Tal Engel | Where are the Elders? The Startling Parallels Between Dying Ecosystems and Cultures. |
| Geoffrey Strong | 272 | 03-Dec-25 | Paul Beckwith | TBD - COP30 ?? |
| David Dougherty | 273 | 10-Dec-25 | Dr. Brian Bedard | Musings of an Itinerant Veterinarian |
| Claude Buettner | 274 | 2025-12-17 19:00 EST in Ottawa is 2025-12-18 11:00 AEDT in Canberra | Julian Cribb | Earth System Treaty |
| --- | 24-Dec-25 | closed | Week off | |
| --- | 31-Dec-25 | closed | Week off | |
| Claude Buettner | 275 | 07-Jan-26 | Roger Hallam | Revolution in the 21st Century |
| Claude Buettner | 276 | 14-Jan-26 | Dr. David Knoke | Using Agent-Based Models to Fight Global Warming |
| Dave Dougherty | 277 | 21-Jan-26 | Dr. John Sanbonmatsu | Human Domination and Capitalism: The Double Helix Encoding the End of Terrestrial Life |
| Steve Kurtz | 278 | 28-Jan-26 | Elizabeth Anderson | Digital authoritarianism and the defence of democracy |
| Claude Buettner | 279 | 04-Feb-26 | Patrick Chuang | What is and is not possible in a fossil-fuel free world? |
| Richard van der Jagt | 280 | 11-Feb-26 | Lauren Latour | CAN-Rac Overview |
| Bob Jones | 281 | 18-Feb-26 | Dr. Mike Brklacich | Climate Change: Hope Amid the Gloom |
| Richard van der Jagt | 282 | 2026-02-25 19:00 EST in Ottawa is 2025-02-26 10:30 am ACDT in Adelaide | Neil Jones | A case study of the massive Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) in South Australia: a citizen science and wide boundary perspective |
| 283 | 04-Mar-26 | |||
| 284 | 11-Mar-26 | |||
| 285 | 18-Mar-26 | |||
| TBD | 286 | 25-Mar-26 | Karen Shragg | Reaching Ecodency by Embracing Eco-history |
| 287 | 01-Apr-26 | |||
| 288 | 08-Apr-26 |