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Asbestos in Australia : from boom to dust / edited by Lenore Layman & Gail Phillips.

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ISBN 9781925835595
1925835596
9781925835601
192583560X
9781925835618
1925835618
Title Asbestos in Australia : from boom to dust / edited by Lenore Layman & Gail Phillips.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Clayton, VIC : Monash University Publishing, 2019.
Description xviii, 346 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Asbestos in Australia presents for the first time a multi-dimensional view of Australia's asbestos story featuring contributions from experts in the disciplines of history, journalism, medicine, law and public health. It also includes first-hand accounts of those whose lives have been touched by the mineral, as workers, asbestos disease sufferers, and lawyers and campaigners directly engaged in the struggle to ban its use. The writers track the history of asbestos from the early 20th century, when asbestos was mined in Australia, to the post-war housing boom which saw asbestos become the material of choice in cities and suburbs around the country. They then deal with its controversial legacy: the dire medical consequences from exposure, the cover-ups and the protracted legal battles for compensation, and the ongoing risks to public health from the asbestos that remains in our workplaces, schools and homes to this day.
Subjects Asbestos
Asbestos -- Health aspects -- Australia
Asbestosis -- Australia
Asbestos industry -- Australia
Asbestos fibres
Asbestos dust
Mines and mineral resources -- Australia
Fibres
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Layman, Lenore (editor.)
Phillips, Gail, 1947- (editor.)
Call number 2019.400
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