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Dangers in the Dust

This award-winning 2010 investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the BBC's International News Services offered an in-depth look at the global market for asbestos. ICIJ spoke with experts who predicted that as many 10 million people will die from asbestos-related illnesses by the year 2030.
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Asbestos deaths bring 16-year sentence

By Jim Morris

February 13, 2012

Canada resists adding deadly asbestos to toxics blacklist

By Jim Morris

June 23, 2011

Asbestos test under fire in Japan

By Scilla Alecci

December 21, 2010

A ravenous appetite for asbestos

By Jim Morris and Te-Ping Chen

July 21, 2010

A growing death toll in Mexico

By Ana Avila

July 21, 2010

The world's asbestos behemoth

By Roman Shleynov

July 21, 2010

America’s asbestos age

By Jim Morris

July 21, 2010

A toxic embrace

By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray

July 21, 2010

The asbestos industry goes global

By Sarah Whitmire

July 21, 2010

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

July 21, 2010

Key findings

By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

July 21, 2010

About this project

By International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

July 21, 2010

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

July 21, 2010

Key findings

By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

July 21, 2010

Asbestos deaths bring 16-year sentence

By Jim Morris

February 13, 2012

The world's asbestos behemoth

By Roman Shleynov

July 21, 2010

A growing death toll in Mexico

By Ana Avila

July 21, 2010

Asbestos test under fire in Japan

By Scilla Alecci

December 21, 2010

A ravenous appetite for asbestos

By Jim Morris and Te-Ping Chen

July 21, 2010

Canada resists adding deadly asbestos to toxics blacklist

By Jim Morris

June 23, 2011

A toxic embrace

By Murali Krishnan and Shantanu Guha Ray

July 21, 2010

The asbestos industry goes global

By Sarah Whitmire

July 21, 2010

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