Anti-Asbestos Rally in Washington, DC July 1, 2009

Friends,
Please join your colleagues in the labor and public health community in front of the Canadian Embassy on July 1 (Canada Day) at 12:00 NOON in Washington, DC for a rally to shame the Canada government for exporting asbestos to the developing world. (See the recent CBC report 'Canada's Ugly Secret' profiling asbestos disease among workers in Gujarat, India. http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/video/healtheducation/canadas_ugly_secret.html )
The Canadian government is particularly sensitive to US media coverage and it would be GREAT to get a substantial group of us rallying in front of their embassy. We are working to get Mellissa Fung, the CBC journalist who did the above piece, to cover the rally. We intentionally set the time at 12:00 Noon in hopes you can work this into your lunch time break. The Canadian Embassy is on Constitution Ave NW near 6th Street (very close to the DOL building.)
Please share this message with your labor and public health colleagues, and try to work this event into your schedule on Wed, July 1st.
Celeste Monforton, MPH, DrPH
APHA OHS Section Chair
Celeste Monforton, MPH, DrPHAssistant Research ProfessorDept of Environ & Occup HealthSchool of Public Health & Health Services The George Washington University 2100 M Street NW, Ste 203Washington, DC 20037202-994-0774 (phone)202-994-2102 (fax)celeste.monforton@gwumc.eduwww.DefendingScience.orgBlog: The Pump Handle