UN Scientific Agency collaborating with scientists involved in sabotaging UN Rotterdam Convention
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
2013
19
3
160-162
asbestos ; chemicals ; corruption ; international agreement ; prohibition of use ; scientist
Chemicals
English
Bibliogr.
"An Italian appeal court has increased the sentence of two leading asbestos industrialists from sixteen to eighteen years in prison for criminal conduct in covering up the hazards of asbestos. Yet, unbelievably, at the May 2013 meeting of the UN Rotterdam Convention, Russia perpetuated the same deadly deception in order to export asbestos, while covering up its hazards. ..."
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