Contrary to popular belief there is
no ban on asbestos in the United States.
Not exact matches
[WT / DS135], Canada challenged 1996 French health - related
ban on the sale and importation of
asbestos and
asbestos - containing goods.
Eventually fresh diagnoses of
asbestos disease in the major western countries where
asbestos has been
banned for some time, should surely die out, but at the moment there seems to be no slowing down
on the immediate horizon.
Since
asbestos is in limited use today, it's most likely that
asbestos exposure would have occurred
on the job prior to the substance being
banned.
In reality, the fight to
ban asbestos has been going
on for decades.