Asbestos was once known as the 'magic mineral' because of its ability to withstand flames. Yet since the 1970s, it has become a notorious and feared 'killer dust' that is responsible for thousands of deaths and an epidemic that will continue for many years.
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`The book is a devastating indictment of the cynical lies an evasion, backed by ranks of paid for medics and scientists, that saw generations of TandN workers wiped out.' Jawad Qasrawi, Hazards, 74, 2001
`The story told by Tweedale is usually interesting, often moving and sometimes shocking. There can be little doubt that the author pursues his subject with integrity and has undertaken meticulous research in a difficult area of scholarship.' Joseph Melling, Business History
`Tweedale ... his study provides a formidable contribution to the continuing debate on business ethics as well as to the history of the human costs of business success in hazardous industries.' Joseph Melling, Business History
`Geoffrey Tweedale's book ... compelling and often chilling.' Morris Greenberg, THES 12.01.01.
`absorbing, horrifying and sobering ... Geoffrey Tweedale ... has arranged the mountain of material with great skill to produce a well-documented and very readable account.' Trevor Ogden, The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol.44/8.
`This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book and a damning indictment of government and big business approaches to occupational health. Given the role that asbestos has played in the maritime induatries, it should be essential reading.' Sandra Spears, Lloyds List, March 11, 2000.
`The story told by Tweedale is usually interesting, often moving and sometimes shocking. There can be little doubt that the author pursues his subject with integrity and has undertaken meticulous research in a difficult area of scholarship.' Joseph Melling, Business History
`Tweedale ... his study provides a formidable contribution to the continuing debate on business ethics as well as to the history of the human costs of business success in hazardous industries.' Joseph Melling, Business History
`Geoffrey Tweedale's book ... compelling and often chilling.' Morris Greenberg, THES 12.01.01.
`absorbing, horrifying and sobering ... Geoffrey Tweedale ... has arranged the mountain of material with great skill to produce a well-documented and very readable account.' Trevor Ogden, The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, Vol.44/8.
`This is a fascinating and thought-provoking book and a damning indictment of government and big business approaches to occupational health. Given the role that asbestos has played in the maritime induatries, it should be essential reading.' Sandra Spears, Lloyds List, March 11, 2000.
About the Author
Geoffrey Tweedale is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Business History, Manchester Metropolitan University. From 1983 he worked as a Researcher and Teacher in the History of Business, Technology, and Medicine, and more recently has held the position of Research Fellow at both Manchester and Sheffield universities.
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On a blustery and showery morning in August 1924, a funeral procession gathered in Rochdale, a town some 8 miles north of Manchester. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
medical arrangements scheme, asbestosis problem, certain asbestos products, asbestosis cases, asbestosis deaths, senior medical inspector, lagging trades, asbestos tragedy, asbestosis research, death from asbestosis, asbestos firms, rubber department, cent asbestos, killer dust, asbestos disease, asbestos textile industry, asbestos industry, scheduled areas, developed asbestosis, asbestos textile factory, insulation division, asbestos deaths, asbestos manufacture, asbestos textile workers, asbestos jobs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Medical Board, Commercial Union, Home Office, Asbestosis Scheme, New York, Rochdale Observer, Asbestosis Fund, Nellie Kershaw, Chief Inspector of Factories, Ministry of Labour, Trafford Park, Cape Asbestos, Hindley Green, Sir Samuel Turner, Washington Chemical Company, Hebden Bridge, John Collins, William Ellison, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, South African, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, John Waddell, Second World War, Turner Brothers, Walker Shepherd New!
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On a blustery and showery morning in August 1924, a funeral procession gathered in Rochdale, a town some 8 miles north of Manchester. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
medical arrangements scheme, asbestosis problem, certain asbestos products, asbestosis cases, asbestosis deaths, senior medical inspector, lagging trades, asbestos tragedy, asbestosis research, death from asbestosis, asbestos firms, rubber department, cent asbestos, killer dust, asbestos disease, asbestos textile industry, asbestos industry, scheduled areas, developed asbestosis, asbestos textile factory, insulation division, asbestos deaths, asbestos manufacture, asbestos textile workers, asbestos jobs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Medical Board, Commercial Union, Home Office, Asbestosis Scheme, New York, Rochdale Observer, Asbestosis Fund, Nellie Kershaw, Chief Inspector of Factories, Ministry of Labour, Trafford Park, Cape Asbestos, Hindley Green, Sir Samuel Turner, Washington Chemical Company, Hebden Bridge, John Collins, William Ellison, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, South African, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, John Waddell, Second World War, Turner Brothers, Walker Shepherd New!
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- Asbestos and Disease (Environmental sciences) by Irving Selikoff on 8 pages
- Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, Fifth Edition by Barry I. Castleman on 6 pages
- The Second World War (Literacy Through History) by Ian Roberts on 5 pages
- Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial (The Complete New Yorker Reports) by Paul Brodeur on 4 pages
- Compensation for Industrial Disease (Socio-Legal Studies) by N. J. Wikeley on 4 pages
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