Defending the indefensible : the global asbestos industry and its fight for survival
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jock McCulloch; Geoffrey Tweedale
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9786611770136
Description
List of Figures viii List of Tables ix List of Abbreviations x 1. Introduction 1 2. Making the World Safe 17 3. Building the Defences 49 4. The Challenge of Mesothelioma and Irving J. Selikoff 84 5. The Chrysotile Defence 119 6. Hiding the Elephant of Compensation 155 7. Don’t Disturb the Dog: Asbestos in the Environment 189 8. Pushing Asbestos in the Developing World 225 9. Defending Asbestos: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives 261 Sources and Acknowledgements 276 Index 309
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.
