Clapper, Patti, Schweizer and Mason

Efforts in India to repeal a ban on renewal of leases for asbestos mines have been dropped, most likely due to push back from organizations that have clearly established that exposure to asbestos leads to illnesses such as asbestosis, mesothelioma and lung cancer.
Despite bans and highly regulated use of asbestos in many parts of the [...]

In recent years, the annual consumption of asbestos in India has risen more than 30% making India one of the world’s top asbestos consumer. More tragically, there are reports of working conditions in Indian  asbestos mills and factories where the permissible exposure levels were being exceeded many times over, putting many at risk of developing [...]