The Deadly Tin Inside Your Smartphone - Horrors of Mining in Indonesia

On May 29, in the bottom of a tin-mining pit on Bangka Island in Indonesia, a wall about 16 feet high collapsed, sending a wave of earth crashing down on a 40-year-old father of two. Read More:

Confusing Verdict by India's Supreme Court

 Disregarding orders it had previously issued regarding the import of toxic end-of-life ships (May 3, 2012) and shipbreaking (July 6, 2012), on July 30, 2012, India's Supreme Court allowed a notorious 213,000-tonne tanker, once called the Exxon Valdez, into the country for dismantling at the Alang ship-breaking yard. Read More:

Pakistan Supreme Court Reviews Asbestos Case

 A case being adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan has highlighted the use of asbestos in a country which has consumed more than 35,000 tonnes since 2009 Read More:

Escalation of Ban Asbestos Mobilization in India

After a week-long blockade of the Visaka asbestos plant at Parmanpur, production has ground to a halt as lorry-loads of raw material remain parked outside the factory. Read More:

Prevent Cancer Now - Time to end the Corruption of Public Health Policy by the asbestos industry

The Joint Policy Committee of Societies of Epidemiology, comprising 13 national and international epidemiology organisations, specifically called on Canada and the three other asbestos exporting countries – Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Russia – to respect the right to health of all citizen of the planet and to stop exporting a known deadly substance that has already caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. Read More:

Consumer board requires stricter asbestos labelling

The Consumer Protection Board (CPB) will now require stricter labelling of products containing asbestos. Read More:

Top researcher snubs French honour over 'industrial crimes'

A top researcher and campaigner on industrial health issues has refused France's highest honour in protest at official inaction over what she described as "industrial crimes" in this sector. Read More: