UBC professors are available today to comment on the federal government’s plan to ban asbestos, a known carcinogen, in Canada.
Dr. Chris Carlsten
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Email: carlsten@mail.ubc.ca
- Lung disease from environmental and occupational exposure
Trevor Dummer
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Email: trevor.dummer@ubc.ca
- Published a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in 2015 about Canadian asbestos policy: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/187/10/E315.full
Carolyn Gotay
Interim co-director, School of Population and Public Health
Director of the Centre for Excellence in Cancer Prevention
Email: carolyn.gotay@ubc.ca
- Published a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in 2015 about Canadian asbestos policy: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/187/10/E315.full
- Cancer risk
Mieke Koehoorn
Professor, School of Population and Public Health
604.822.5756
Email: mieke.koehoorn@ubc.ca
- Asbestos related workers’ compensation claims for mesothelioma and lung cancer