A town called Asbestos : environmental contamination, health, and resilience in a resource community / Jessica van Horssen ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

"For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos from the town of Asbestos, Quebec, to produce fire-retardant products. Then, over time, people learned about the mineral's devastating effects on human health. Dependent on this deadly industry for their community's survival, the r...

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Main Author: Van Horssen, Jessica, 1980- (Author)
Other Authors: Wynn, Graeme, 1946- (writer of introduction, etc.)
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBCPress, [2016]
Series:Nature, history, society.
Subjects:
Asbestos (Québec) > History.
Asbestos (Québec) > Economic conditions.
Asbestos mines and mining > Québec (Province) > Asbestos.
Asbestos mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Québec (Province) > Asbestos.
Asbestos mines and mining > Health aspects > Québec (Province) > Asbestos.
Asbestos industry > Health aspects > Québec (Province) > Asbestos.
Asbestos industry > Political aspects > Québec (Province) > Asbestos.
Asbestos > adverse effects.
Hazardous Substances > history.
Environmental Health.
Asbestos industry > Health aspects.
Asbestos mines and mining.
Asbestos mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Economic history.
Québec > Asbestos.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Variant Title:
Asbestos
Format: Book

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