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Magic Mineral to Killer Dust : Turner and Newall and the Asbestos Hazard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191660245
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Magic Mineral to Killer DustDDC classification:
  • 363.17/91
LOC classification:
  • RC965.A7 -- T94 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Graphs -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. A Physical Paradox -- 2. Dust Control and Mortality: 1931 to the 1940s -- 3. Medical Provision, Diagnosis, and Prescription -- 4. Compensation for Asbestos Workers -- 5. Death by Industrial Disease -- 6. Dust, Mortality, and the Cancer Hazard: 1940s to the Early 1960s -- 7. Countervailing Forces -- 8. Lighting the Powder Trail -- 9. The Asbestos 'Bomb' Explodes -- 10. Turner &amp -- Newall on Trial -- 11. An Acceptable Level of Death -- Afterword: 'Damn You, Turner Brothers' -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Asbestos was once known as the 'magic mineral' because of its ability to withstand flames. Yet since the 1960s, it has become a notorious and feared 'killer dust' that is responsible for thousands of deaths and an epidemic that continues into the new millennium. This is the first comprehensive history of the UK asbestos health problem, which provides an in-depth look at the occupational health experience of one of the world's leading asbestos companies -- British asbestos giant, Turner and Newall.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Graphs -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. A Physical Paradox -- 2. Dust Control and Mortality: 1931 to the 1940s -- 3. Medical Provision, Diagnosis, and Prescription -- 4. Compensation for Asbestos Workers -- 5. Death by Industrial Disease -- 6. Dust, Mortality, and the Cancer Hazard: 1940s to the Early 1960s -- 7. Countervailing Forces -- 8. Lighting the Powder Trail -- 9. The Asbestos 'Bomb' Explodes -- 10. Turner &amp -- Newall on Trial -- 11. An Acceptable Level of Death -- Afterword: 'Damn You, Turner Brothers' -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Asbestos was once known as the 'magic mineral' because of its ability to withstand flames. Yet since the 1960s, it has become a notorious and feared 'killer dust' that is responsible for thousands of deaths and an epidemic that continues into the new millennium. This is the first comprehensive history of the UK asbestos health problem, which provides an in-depth look at the occupational health experience of one of the world's leading asbestos companies -- British asbestos giant, Turner and Newall.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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