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OTTAWA – Public health advocates and environmental groups say the federal government needs to close a loophole that allows the resale of second-hand products containing asbestos.
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Canada banned the cancer-causing mineral and products that contain it in 2018, more than 30 years after the World Health Organization designated it as a carcinogen.
In a July letter to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Canadian Environmental Physicians Association, Friends of the Earth Canada and several others say they are still finding many asbestos-containing products for sale online.
That includes gloves, kitchen tiles, and auto parts.
Environment Canada tells the groups that the regulations are intended to prevent new products from entering the market and do not apply to “legacy” items that were already in use before the ban went into effect.
Kathleen Ruff, Director of RightOnCanada.ca , says the ban should apply to any product that contains asbestos, adding that used products are more likely to have wear and tear that exposes human users to the dangerous asbestos fibers within.
Reference-torontosun.com