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... The Globe and Mail: Controversy surrounds Canadian exports Skip navigation News Investing Technology Vehicles Careers Home Travel Search Site More Search Options/Archives Search Tips Globeandmail.com Health > Article Controversy surrounds Canadian exports By CAROLYN ABRAHAM Monday, September 26, 2005 Page A6 Despite its link to events past, mesothelioma is a cancer mired deep in present-day controversies.

It's connected to thousands of lawsuits from asbestos victims and their families, to scientists split over whether all forms of asbestos pose similar cancer risks, to Canada's much-maligned position that its asbestos still belongs on world markets.

More than 15 countries, including the European Union, have banned the substance outright.

But Canada remains, slightly ahead of Kazakhstan, as the world's fourth-largest supplier after Russia, China and Brazil.

Canada produced 220,000 tons last year and, with little domestic demand, shipped out 95 per cent of it, largely to Asia, but also to Latin America, the U.S.

and Australia.

Advertisements This month, labour unions in a dozen countries are reported to have filed requests at Canadian diplomatic missions to halt the export of asbestos.

Meanwhile, the Internet is rife with sites decrying Canada's continuing sales, which last year amounted to $165-million.

But Canada has a strong history of defending ...

... The Globe and Mail: Ghost disease evokes asbestos memories Skip navigation News Investing Technology Vehicles Careers Home Travel Search Site More Search Options/Archives Search Tips Globeandmail.com Health > Article Ghost disease evokes asbestos memories Mesothelioma, a rare cancer, affects a growing number of Canadians, sometimes 20 to 40 years after their exposure By CAROLYN ABRAHAM Monday, September 26, 2005 Page A6 MEDICAL REPORTER When Marilyn Bertrand was six, her big brother returned from his summer job at Thetford Mines in Quebec's Eastern Townships and presented her with a fuzzy, white rock from underground.

Marilyn treated it like a doll and took it with her everywhere, even to bed.

When she was 41 and doctors in Winnipeg wondered how such a young woman could develop mesothelioma - a rare and deadly cancer of the chest cavity - Mrs.

Bertrand remembered her pet rock and how she'd slept with it.

No one at the time realized the full hazards of cuddling with a hunk of asbestos.

Mesothelioma is the cancer known to strike 20 to 40 years after exposure to asbestos, the fibrous mineral once considered the magical fire-retardant in such things as home insulation, break lines and pipe wrap.

The disease is now like a ghost, visiting Canadians in growing numbers and bringing back old memories.

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Bertrand, who died of the d...

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