India's Asbestos Time Bomb

Edited by David Allen and Laurie Kazan-allen

Not long after publication of Killing the Future (Chinese version), this is another publication from International Ban Asbestos Secretariat in collaboration with seven other organizations including AMRC.

Though asbestos is an acknowledged carcinogen and is banned by developed countries, consumption of it is growing in India. The untold human health and environmental damage caused by the use of this toxic substance have remained unacknowledged by a government obsessed with the quest for economic development.

In the absence of official action, concerned citizens in India work to assist the inured and rasie awareness of the asbestos hazard. This 71-page, full-colour publication gives campaigners the opportunity to document their experiences and, in conjunction with international experts, highlight the measures needed to deal with the country’s asbestos legacy. The contrbituing authors are unanimous in their belief that the use of sbestos must be banned in India.

For more information on this publication and for free downloadable PDF of this and related publications, please see: http://www.ibasecretariat.org.

The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) is an independent non-governmental organization which has two objectives: a worldwide ban on asbestos and justice for all asbestos victims, IBAS monitors, analyzes and disseminates news received from the ever-expanding network of individuals and groups involved in the international movement against asbestos, as well as information from legal, medical and industry sources. IBAS produces written material and organizes conferences to raise the profile of asbestos issues.