Asbestos in Australia: From Boom to Dust edited by Lenore Layman and Gail Phillips

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Ex library copy that is significantly worn. No external stickers. Date due slip and stamps on inside pages. Wear to book corners, particularly to tail book corners, now protected with book tape. Marks on title and contents pages.

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 trace the history of asbestos from the early 20th century, when it was mined in Australia, to the post-war housing boom, during which asbestos became the material of choice in cities and suburbs across 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. (back cover)