Asbestos compensation seekers and the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat

It has been noted that some people seeking asbestos compensation after a diagnosis of a disease related to this substance - mesothelioma, asbestosis, or lung cancer, for example - may also feel the need to learn more about the subject, and to do something about it.

One source of information and action on this front is the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, an organisation devoted to seeking a worldwide ban of the substance.

Established in 2000, IBAS seeks to provide a conduit for information so that it can be transferred between people and organisations who also aim to prevent the use of asbestos fibres and to alleviate their effects on the world's population.

Their website, www.ibasecretariat.org, states that the purpose of this is "to counter the asbestos industry's control of the information stream and to provide a platform for victims to speak out against the injustices they have suffered."

Part of their method of doing this is by sponsoring conferences around the world, and reporting on them. They also post up current news stories about the potentially lethal substance and its associated industrial diseases, provide useful links to other internet sources of information, and provide some general information about the mineral, its effects, and potential replacements for its various uses.

The Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support group has described IBAS as "An essential website for finding information and academic research on asbestos, both in the UK and worldwide".

For more information, visit www.ibasecretariat.org.

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