“Insight on Cancer” is a  report on environmental exposure and cancer published  by the Canadian Cancer Society. It deals with occupational and environmental cancer risks and has useful sections on asbestos, pesticides, air pollution, metals, endocrine disrupters and other issues. The report includes a contribution from Larry Stoffman, health and safety specialist with foodworkers' union UFCW in Canada and chair of the National Environmental and Occupational Cancer Committee for the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control through its Primary Prevention Committee.
Larry Stoffman is highly critical of Canada's promotion of asbestos worldwide. He comments: “While asbestos use is strictly controlled in most workplaces, exposures still occur in both workplaces and the community. Asbestos exposures in asbestos mining communities have led to significantly increased incidence of asbestos related cancers. We are in the midst of an epidemic of work related mesothelioma cases, which, due to long latency periods, is yet to peak.
Canada’s promotion and sale of asbestos worldwide compromises our ability to be taken seriously regarding cancer prevention, and exports environmental exposure and cancers to those countries with the least resources to control them. Transition programs for asbestos mining communities are needed and the sale and use of this potent carcinogen should be banned.” 

• Read the report
• Canadian Cancer Society website: http://www.cancer.ca