Defending the Indefensible - The Global Asbestos Industry and Its Fight for Survival

Zusatztext An important and particularly essential addition to the existing literature on asbestos; its history, usage and controversial values of benefit and disaster...Splendidly presented and annotated... This is a brilliant text which answers many startling new questions and asks a good many more. Informationen zum Autor Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale are historians with long-term research interests in health, corporate history, and mining. They have published widely on the history of industrial hazards. They have written three books on the asbestos industry covering manufacture and mining in the UK, South Africa, and Australia. Klappentext Until the mid-1960s, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, it became known that exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined after 1960. This is the first global history of how the asbestos industry defended the product throughout the 20th century. Zusammenfassung Until the mid-1960s, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, it became known that exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined after 1960. This is the first global history of how the asbestos industry defended the product throughout the 20th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Making the World Safe 3: Building the Defences 4: The Challenge of Mesothelioma and Irving J. Selikoff 5: The Chrysotile Defence 6: Hiding the Elephant of Compensation 7: Don't Disturb the Dog: Asbestos in the Environment 8: Pushing Asbestos in the Developing World 9: Defending Asbestos: 21st Century Perspectives Sources and Acknowledgements

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• Authors: Jock Mcculloch, Jock (School of Global Studies Mcculloch, Jock Tweedale Mcculloch, MCCULLOCH JOCK TWEEDALE GEOFFREY, Geoff Tweedale, Geoffrey Tweedale, Tweedale Geoffrey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199534852
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953485-2
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; MEDICAL / Public Health, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Personal & public health, Economic history, Personal and public health / health education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace