Asbestos and Fire : Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk.

For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel ke...

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Main Author: Maines, Rachel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rutgers University Press, 2013.
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