The asbestos time bomb
Catalyst Press - Annandale
1995
80 p.
asbestos ; compensation of occupational diseases ; cost of diseases ; criminal liability ; exposure assessment ; mortality
Asbestos
English
Bibliogr.
978-0646237497
08.12.9-54827
"Workers in the power industry in Victoria's Latrobe Valley have a life expectancy 15 years below the national average. Government instrumentalities and private employers alike have operated a vast cover-up of the dangers of asbestos. Thousands of lives have been callously sacrificed for expediency and profit. The destruction of Yallourn township, and the dispersal of its residents, may have been related to the need to hide from the public the number of deaths caused by asbestos. How to identify and rectify asbestos problems in the workplace and home ?"
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