FW: [ipenlistserve] VOTE: Poll on whether asbestos should continue to be used

[Hemantha Withanage]

 Dear all,

See the following result on Asbestos survey In Canada.

Warmly,

Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director

Centre for Environmental Justice/Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka, 

20 A, Kurruppu Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka

website: www.ejustice.lk 

Beware of Nuclear Power!

Please vote.

The Telegram (a newspaper in New Brunswick, Canada) is holding the following poll. You can go vote here http://www.thetelegram.com/Poll/6096/All-polls

A group of more than 150 international and Canadian organizations, and individual scientists from 20 countries, are calling for a global ban on the mining and use of all forms of asbestos. Would you agree with such a ban?

• Yes, asbestos causes cancer
• No, it is safe if handled and used properly
• Maybe mining and use of asbestos should be limited, not banned
• Undecided

Results at present

A group of more than 150 international and Canadian organizations, and individual scientists from 20 countries, are calling for a global ban on the mining and use of all forms of asbestos. Would you agree with such a ban?

• Yes, asbestos causes cancer 67%
• No, it is safe if handled and used properly 16%
• Maybe mining and use of asbestos should be limited, not banned 12%
• Undecided 5%

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Researcher,
Canadian Environmental Law Association,
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Toronto, ON   M5V 2L4
Tel.: 416-960-2284 ext. 223,
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E-mail: del...@cela.ca

 

[Suramya Edirisinghe]

On 8/3/12, Hemantha Withanage <hema...@ejustice.lk> wrote:
> Dear all,
> See the following result on Asbestos survey In Canada.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director
> Centre for Environmental Justice/Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka,
> 20 A, Kurruppu Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
> website: www.ejustice.lk
>
> Beware of Nuclear Power!
>
>
>
>
>
> Please vote.
>
> The Telegram (a newspaper in New Brunswick, Canada) is holding the
> following
> poll. You can go vote here http://www.thetelegram.com/Poll/6096/All-polls
> <http://www.thetelegram.com/Poll/6096/All-polls>
> A group of more than 150 international and Canadian organizations, and
> individual scientists from 20 countries, are calling for a global ban on
> the
> mining and use of all forms of asbestos. Would you agree with such a ban?

> * Yes, asbestos causes cancer
> * No, it is safe if handled and used properly
> * Maybe mining and use of asbestos should be limited, not banned
> * Undecided

>
>
> Results at present
>
> A group of more than 150 international and Canadian organizations, and
> individual scientists from 20 countries, are calling for a global ban on
> the
> mining and use of all forms of asbestos. Would you agree with such a ban?
>

> * Yes, asbestos causes cancer 67%
> * No, it is safe if handled and used properly 16%
> * Maybe mining and use of asbestos should be limited, not banned 12%
> * Undecided 5%