South Africa, Peru and Korea to Restrict Asbestos Use
by Laurie Kazan-Allen
Despite aggressive lobbying by asbestos stakeholders, moves by governments in three countries will seriously restrict the future use of asbestos. On October 28, 2005, South Africa's Minister of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, published proposed asbestos regulations,1 approved by the Cabinet, which would:
“prohibit all products and substances that contain asbestos. This will mean that no person may import or export such products and substances.”