Defending the Indefensible: The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival Год выпуска: 2008Автор: Jock McCulloch, Geoffrey TweedaleИздательство: Страниц: 344ISBN: 0199534853Описание In the early twentieth century, asbestos had a reputation as a lifesaver. In 1960, however, it became known that even relatively brief exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, a virulent and lethal cancer. Yet the bulk of the world's asbestos was mined after 1960. Asbestos usage in many countries continued unabated. This is the first global history of how the asbestos industry and its allies in government, insurance, and medicine defended the product throughout the twentieth century. It explains how mining and manufacture could continue despite overwhelming medical evidence as to the risks. The argument advanced in this book is that asbestos has proved so enduring because the industry was able to mount a successful defense strategy for the mineral--a strategy that still operates in some parts of the world. This defence involved the shaping of the public debate by censoring, and sometimes corrupting, scientific research, nurturing scientific uncertainty, and using allies in...
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Денис, 14.04 Курсовую по теории права проверили, оценка отлично, не пришлось даже защищать. Большое спасибо.
