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Daily Show mocks Asbestos Que

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Asbestos Que is taking another beating on the international stage this time from American news satire program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

A comedic segment produced by one of the show's reporters Aasif Mandvi aired Thursday night on the program It poked fun at the town for promoting the mineral that has been linked to cancer and lung disease

Mandvi's segment was filmed in Asbestos and he interviewed both the president of Jeffrey Mine Bernard Coulombe and the town director Georges Gagné

Mandvi pokes fun at the fact the town is named after a mineral linked to cancer

Does asbestos mean something different in French than it does in English he asks Coulombe in a sit-down interview

Because in English it means slow hacking death

When Mandvi asks the president of the asbestos mine if chrysotile is safe Coulombe replies Yes it is Relatively

Mandvi also uses scenes from a CBC documentary Canada's Ugly Secret showing workers in India handling asbestos with only bandanas on their faces

He chastises Coulombe for selling the mineral to India where work safety regulations are not as strict as in Canada

That's my family over there Mandvi who was born in India says to Coulombe

I mean what is the French word for douchebag Anybody he asks the camera in the final shot of the five-minute segment

Jeffrey Mine is one of Canada's last-remaining asbestos mines

The Quebec government approved the expansion of the mine in April and has guaranteed a $58-million loan for the cash-strapped mine under condition that the promoter drums up additional financing

The move caused an outcry from health experts labour groups and activists around the globe

The mineral also known as chrysotile is a popular construction material and much of Canada's exported asbestos goes to India

Asbestos is no stranger to international criticism from both serious news corporations and more light-hearted sources

The town was spoofed on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's show The Gruen Transfer in June 2010

The reality show asked two advertising executives to design video ads to attract tourists to the town cursed by a name that reminds people of cancer

In July of the same year the British Broadcasting Corporation aired a damning in-depth series on Canada's controversial asbestos industry and how the mineral is used in developing countries

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