ADAO Educational Resource Library: U.S. Government Agencies and United Nations Organizations

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United States Agencies

United Nations Organizations

  • World Health Organization, Asbestos Fact sheet N°343 (2010)
  • World Health Organization, Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments (2010)
  • World Health Organization, Elimination of Asbestos-Related Diseases (2005)
  • International Labour Organization: Asbestos: Towards a Worldwide Ban (2006)
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC):  A review of Human Carcinogens (March 2009)

Global Ban Asbestos Articles

  • The Center for Public Integrity: Dangers in the Dust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade (2010)
  • Environmental Health Perspectives:  “A Worn-Out Welcome: Renewed Call for a Global Ban on Asbestos” (2010)

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