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Val-des-Sources (redirect from Asbestos, Canada)known as Asbestos (pronounced [asbɛstɔs]), is a town on the Nicolet River in the Estrie (Eastern Townships) region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. The town...25 KB (1,738 words) - 14:04, 25 August 2024
Asbestos (/æsˈbɛstəs, æz-, -tɒs/ ass-BES-təs, az-, -toss) is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed...111 KB (11,775 words) - 14:04, 16 August 2024
Chrysotile (redirect from White asbestos)Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in the United States and...25 KB (2,261 words) - 17:19, 27 April 2024- The mineral asbestos is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations that relate to its production and use, including mining, manufacturing, use and...87 KB (10,538 words) - 06:31, 8 August 2024
- The Asbestos strike of 1949, based in and around the town of Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by asbestos miners. It has traditionally...7 KB (947 words) - 04:32, 30 July 2024
types of asbestos fibers are known to cause serious health hazards in humans. The most common diseases associated with chronic exposure to asbestos are asbestosis...66 KB (8,121 words) - 13:01, 12 August 2024
Asbestosis (redirect from Asbestoses)Asbestosis is long-term inflammation and scarring of the lungs due to asbestos fibers. Symptoms may include shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, and chest...28 KB (3,009 words) - 15:00, 8 July 2024
Thetford Mines (category 1876 establishments in Canada)Montreal and 79 km south of Quebec City. It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada. Before European colonization, the Abenaki inhabited the Thetford...19 KB (1,083 words) - 01:28, 28 July 2024- 200 AD Asbestos Records, a record label HMCS Asbestos (K358), a Canadian warship AsbestOS, a bootloader to run on Linux on PlayStation 3 Asbestos, a Hawthorn...857 bytes (142 words) - 17:08, 14 July 2022
The Pizarreño asbestos disaster is an ongoing health disaster in Chile. Despite the company Pizarreño ceasing to use asbestos in 1998 and the prohibition...10 KB (1,011 words) - 01:01, 30 March 2024- Asbestos Corporation Limited (ACL) is a Canadian corporation originally established to mine asbestos. ACL mainly open pit mined chrysotile asbestos in...3 KB (161 words) - 01:34, 20 October 2023
Les Sources Regional County Municipality (redirect from Asbestos County Regional Municipality, Quebec)the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Val-des-Sources. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality...8 KB (256 words) - 21:01, 8 June 2022
Vermiculite (category Asbestos)p. 1. Retrieved 6 March 2016. "Vermiculite Insulation Containing Asbestos". Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Retrieved 12 November...24 KB (2,769 words) - 09:33, 6 July 2024- early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations...43 KB (5,044 words) - 02:34, 4 June 2024
Talc (section Association with asbestos)decades that there was asbestos in its baby powder, and in 2020 the company stopped selling its baby powder in the US and Canada. There were calls for...38 KB (4,192 words) - 18:24, 9 August 2024- Cassiar, British Columbia (category Company towns in Canada)Cassiar is a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada. It was a small company-owned asbestos mining town located in the Cassiar Mountains of Northern British...12 KB (520 words) - 23:09, 24 June 2024
Rotterdam Convention (category Treaties of Canada)against Canada on asbestos, June 30". Council of Canadians. 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011. Canada Wins...18 KB (956 words) - 22:31, 11 June 2024
Serpentine subgroup (redirect from Asbestos, serpentine)commonly found in serpentinite. They are used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and as decorative stone. The name comes from the greenish color and smooth...22 KB (2,204 words) - 07:58, 11 June 2024- Russia Argentina (from argentum, "silver" in Latin) Asbest, Russia Asbestos, Canada Batu Arang, Selangor, Malaysia (from Batu Arang, "coal" in Malay) Birżebbuġa...6 KB (576 words) - 14:26, 9 January 2024
RSA Insurance Group (category Insurance companies of Canada)alleged that between 1972 and 1977 RSA had issued insurance certificates to asbestos manufacturer Turner & Newall but excluded cover for asbestosis, in breach...22 KB (2,100 words) - 19:35, 13 December 2023
- commercial asbestos are deposits of two distinct minerals: one a variety of serpentine known as chrysotile; the other a variety of amphibole. The Canadian product
- publicly, will be expelled from the Union Nationale. Response to the 1949 asbestos miners' strike on CBC radio. The period leaves no one indifferent. And
- diagnosed yearly. 70-80% related to asbestos exposure Not related specifically to smoking; however, smoking + asbestos dramatically increase risk M>F Peak