Many Canadian workers who were exposed to asbestos, inadvertently brought the material home on their clothes and in turn exposed their families to the dust. Tom O'Donnell, who lives in Bowmanville, has been diagnosed as suffering from the deadly cancer mesothelioma; his father worked with asbestos for thirty years and died of the disease ten years ago. Then O’Donnell’s sister died, followed by his brother. They believed that the asbestos must have been brought into their car and their home on the clothes of the father. Doctors are advising anyone with a family member who worked with asbestos in the 1950s to have a medical checkup especially if they have any respiratory symptoms.
Canada has been a major producer of asbestos, and has campaigned vigorously for the continued use of chrysotile, (white asbestos).
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The Canadian government has a vested interest in promoting the use of chrysotile. It has hampered international efforts to ban the use of the material
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