[Smlr_net] [IWS] ILO: GLOBAL ASBESTOS BAN PROMOTED--Interview & Documentation in Hazards Magazine, April/June 2006, Number 94]

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Hazards Magazine (The Workers' Health & Safety Magazine) April/June 2006, Number 94

ILO to promote global asbestos ban http://www.hazards.org/asbestos/ilo.htm

The International Labour Office (ILO) is to pursue a global ban on asbestos, the world's biggest ever industrial killer. The landmark decision came with the adoption of a resolution on 14 June 2006 at the ILO conference in Geneva and followed a high level union campaign. Rory O'Neill asked Jukka Takala, director of ILO's SafeWork programme, what ILO will now do to help make the world asbestos-free.

(Rory O'Neill is the editor of Hazards Magazine)

This issue includes links to -

ILO asbestos campaign

Hazards interview with Jukka Takala

ILO asbestos resolution

Related ILO documents

Press information

Global union asbestos campaign

Useful links

Hazards asbestos webpages

Hazards cancer webpages