Zimbabwe

The Standards Association of Zimbabwe and the Institute of Mining Research have deemed the imported chrysotile asbestos used by Turnall for its AC water pipes as “safe and similar to those mined locally,” The Herald Zimbabwe reports.

Turnall took the chrysotile…

Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe had received a memo from a group of scientists, doctors and labor leaders, criticizing his decision to reopen two old asbestos mines in the country, the French Tribune reports.

The letter stated that as the Canadian government…

Turnall Holdings Limited secured a US$5 million loan from the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) Bank to buy equipment for a new plant in Zimbabwe that will make asbestos-free products, the Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center reports.

A recent ban on asbestos…