Canada's ugly secret

CBC documentary about Canada's export of asbestos to India

24.08.2009 | CBC

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On the following website you can watch the CBC documentary 'Canada's Ugly Secret' where Mellissa Fung reports on how Canada's overseas asbestos sales may be breathing new life into a dying industry - but may also be making exposed workers sick.

http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/video/healtheducation/canadas_ugly_secret.html 


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