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>> Canada has very loose safety standards and cuts lots of corners. > That's just pretty objectively false. Don't they still mine asbestos in Canada?
by asymptotically2 7y ago
>> Canada has very loose safety standards and cuts lots of corners.
> That's just pretty objectively false.
Don't they still mine asbestos in Canada?
- arcticbull 7y agoWhile a fair point, no, the last mine stopped operating in 2011 in Thetford Mines, and a total ban was brought in around 2018. The government is investing in some technologies to extract magnesium from the left-overs while neutralizing the remaining fibers [1]. [1] https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/canada-ban-on-asbestos-takes-effect-but-mining-residues-are-exempt https://business.financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/canada-b...