03046nam 2200637Ia 450 991078240110332120230721032854.01-383-04471-60-19-160896-31-281-77013-297866117701360-19-156008-1(CKB)1000000000541106(EBL)415229(OCoLC)437093209(SSID)ssj0000136099(PQKBManifestationID)11136082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136099(PQKBWorkID)10062961(PQKB)11200719(Au-PeEL)EBL415229(CaPaEBR)ebr10254429(CaONFJC)MIL177013(Au-PeEL)EBL7035648(MiAaPQ)EBC415229(EXLCZ)99100000000054110620080131d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDefending the indefensible[electronic resource] the global asbestos industry and its fight for survival /Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey TweedaleOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (338 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-953485-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Making the World Safe; 3. Building the Defences; 4. The Challenge of Mesothelioma and Irving J. Selikoff; 5. The Chrysotile Defence; 6. Hiding the Elephant of Compensation; 7. Don't Disturb the Dog: Asbestos in the Environment; 8. Pushing Asbestos in the Developing World; 9. Defending Asbestos: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives; Sources and Acknowledgements; IndexUntil 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. - ;In the early twentieth century, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, however, it became known that even relatively brief exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined aAsbestos industryHistory20th centuryAsbestos industryHealth aspectsAsbestos industryCorrupt practicesAsbestos industryHistoryAsbestos industryHealth aspects.Asbestos industryCorrupt practices.363.1791McCulloch Jock1945-244058Tweedale Geoffrey1503513MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782401103321Defending the indefensible3820630UNINA