Defending the Indefensible : the Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival.

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 defend...

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Main Author: McCulloch, Jock
Other Authors: Tweedale, Geoffrey
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2008.
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