The organisation that has for decades spearheaded the asbestos industry’s global sales drive has folded. The intention to close the Quebec-based Chrysotile Institute, announced by the group’s president Clement Godbout in the federal government’s Canada Gazette on 5 April 2012, was welcomed by unions and anti-asbestos campaigners.

International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. Chrysotile Institute notice of intention to surrender its charter, Canada Gazette. Risks 554..