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The goal of the Registry is to collect data on the work history and health status of the former employees at the Baie Verte mine site in order to provide information related to asbestos exposure and its possible health impacts. (WCxKit)
Work on the Registry was suspended temporarily after the Commission and Central Health learned that researchers extracted data from a number of medical charts at the Baie Verte Health Centre without signed consent forms of the owners of the charts.
The registry approach to occupational disease is a first for Canada.
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