아래 내용은 Global News 2020년 10월 19일 기사입니다.
캐나다 퀘벡주의 제프리 광산은 세계 최대의 백석면 생산지였으며, 국내외 석면사용금지와 추방 운동이 활발해지면서 2012년 폐쇄되었습니다.
제프리 광산이 있던 마을의 이름이 Asbestos(석면)이며, 최근 부정적인 마을 이름을 변경하기 위한 움직임이 있다는 내용입니다.
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The Quebec town synonymous with the cancer-causing fibre asbestos has voted for a new name: Val-des-Sources.
During a livestreamed council meeting Monday night, Mayor Hugues Grimard announced that Val-des-Sources beat five other proposed names with 51.5 per cent of the vote after three rounds.
“It’s a name that represents our area, and especially, it’s inspiring for the future,” he said.
The 7,000-person town of Asbestos, located about 130 km east of Montreal, had been looking to shed its association with the toxic mineral. Political and business leaders in the town complained for years the name attracted ridicule and disgust in the rest of the country and internationally.
Asbestos, Que., helped make Canada one the world’s leaders in asbestos exports. The Jeffrey mine, once Canada’s largest, closed in 2012.
Asbestos residents over the age of 14 and local property owners were eligible to cast their votes among six proposed names: L’Azur-des-Cantons, Jeffrey-sur-le-Lac, Larochelle, Phenix, Trois-Lacs and Val-des-Sources.
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Asbestos, Quebec town once home to Canada’s largest asbestos mine, gets a new name 
