Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925835618
Year: 2019
Publisher: Monash University Publishing


Description:


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.