OPIN-2021-0237 Ban the use of chrysotile asbestos
(e)
Tabled on 24/11/2021
This Senedd:
1. Notes that asbestos is a cause of industrial disease, disability and death of people in Wales.
2. Acknowledges that asbestos is banned in Wales as an occupational and public hazardous substance.
3. Supports the international campaign to end the mining and the use of asbestos.
4. Expresses concern regarding the efforts in Russia and Kazakhstan to mine and promote asbestos products globally.
5. Supports the campaign in Ukraine to ban the use of chrysotile asbestos.
6. Urges the Ukrainian Parliament to resist corporate interests and establish an immediate and complete ban on the use of chrysotile asbestos in Ukraine.