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Asbestos Cancer Exposure in Canada

The asbestos industry has a long and storied past in Canada. The world's largest asbestos mine, the Jeffrey Mine, is in southeastern Quebec, near a town named Asbestos. The Jeffrey mine is also the world's largest chrysotile mine. Chrysotile asbestos has been the most widely used of the various types of asbestos, and it remains the main form of asbestos that is still mined. Chrysotile asbestos accounts for nearly all of the asbestos used in buildings in the United States.

Chrysotile asbestos is now strictly regulated or banned in most developed countries. The government of Canada now exports about 95% of the chrysotile asbestos mined in Canada to other countries, mostly in the developing world, where safety and health regulations are lax.

Asbestos Cancer Regulations in Canada

Health Canada, which is Canada's equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, recommends that the various provinces of Canada adopt strict asbestos exposure limits for workplaces, and the country's Hazardous Products Act now regulates the sale of some consumer products that contain asbestos fibers. Canada also has an Environmental Protection Act that limits emissions of asbestos from mills and mines across the country.

However, Canada has a long way to go in protecting its citizens from hazardous asbestos exposure, and the government will eventually have to answer its critics regarding the export of asbestos to developing countries, where the rates of asbestos cancer diseases such as mesothelioma cancer continue to climb.

Asbestos Cancer in Canada

Thousands of people in Canada have developed asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma cancer, asbestosis, and lung cancer. Unfortunately, treatment options for these diseases are limited.

The Canadian asbestos industry and the Canadian government have been accused of withholding information about the dangers of asbestos for decades, similar to their American counterparts, and individuals who suffered exposure to asbestos and have been diagnosed with an asbestos cancer disease may be entitled to compensation.

If you worked or lived in Canada and were subjected to dangerous levels of asbestos cacer exposure, you can learn more about your rights and options when you contact mesothelioma treatment centers for further information.

Asbestos Cancer Exposure in Canada (english) / Exposicion de Asbesto en Canada (spanish)

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