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Global building union calls for urgent action on asbestos

Global union federation Building Workers International (BWI) has called for urgent action on asbestos used in building materials. BWI general secretary, Anita Normark, said: “Today’s exposures guarantee an epidemic lasting at least another generation, with the asbestos graveyards shifting from the developed to the developing world.”

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