Health Canada's 1989 assessment of ingested asbestos is incomplete and out of date. Asbestos is a multi-site carcinogen. Swallowing it can lead to liver and gastrointestinal cancers.
Deteriorated asbestos cement pipes can shed fibres into the water and pose a hazard of cancer. Canada’s Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research (CSIR) in Regina (now closed) produced many studies of asbestos cement (AC) water pipes as a health concern.
Historic Turnaround on Asbestos Puts Canada on a New, Difficult Path As sure as asbestos-caused cancer can be deadly, Canada’s decades of politicized support for asbestos, followed by neglect of…