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Asbestos - common name for any of a variety of silicate minerals within the amphibole and serpentine groups that are fibrous in structure and more or less resistant to acid and fire. Chrysotile asbestos, a form of serpentine, is the chief commercial asbestos. Varieties of amphibole asbestos are amosite, used in insulating materials; crocidolite, or blue asbestos, used for making asbestos-cement


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    Legal Responses to Indoor Air Pollution (Chap. 2 "The Health Risk from Indoor Asbestos") » Read Now

    by Frank B. Cross. 214 pgs.

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    The underrecognized but highly significant problem of indoor air pollution is examined in this important study that covers the issue from the relative health risks involved to the shortcomings of regulatory and judicial responses. The book focuses largely upon the three best-known pollutants--radon...
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    Conflict Resolution and Public Policy (Chap. 5 "The Asbestos Model: Labor and Citizen Groups and a Multipronged Approach to Regulatory Change") » Read Now

    by Miriam K. Mills. 216 pgs.

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    This work represents a broad-based perspective of the conflict resolution process. Whereas related books have tended to specialize on specific settings, this volume gives in-depth treatment of three various settings--labor relations, rule-making in the public sector, and environmental issues. It...
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    The Crisis Manager: Facing Risk and Responsibility ("Manville Corporation and Asbestos" begins on p. 230) » Read Now

    by Otto Lerbinger. 384 pgs.

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    ...concealment of scientific facts about asbestos by Johns-Manville, about the Dalkon Shield...because of the estimated $2 billion in asbestos-related lawsuits filed against...
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    The Compassionate Conservative: Assuming Responsibility and Respecting Human Dignity ("The Asbestos Scare" begins on p. 155) » Read Now

    by Joseph J. Jacobs. 278 pgs.

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    In an effort to create a risk-free society, our government has put regulations & entitlement programs ahead of sound planning, with disastrous results. Challenges the assumption that liberals have a monopoly on compassion. The true measure of compassion lies not in the intensity of emotion but in the public good that accompanies an act.
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    Corporate Corruption: The Abuse of Power ("The Deadly Asbestos Industry" begins on p. 97) » Read Now

    by Marshall B. Clinard. 215 pgs.

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    This insightful book is a comprehensive examination of corporate misbehavior and abuses. Turning a harsh spotlight on America's prestigious Fortune 500, Clinard reveals that despite their massive production powers, far too many of American's proudest industrial giants have abused the public trust...
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    Radon and Asbestos: A Study of Agenda Setting and Causal Stories, in Policy Studies Journal » Read Now

    by Denise Scheberle. 13 pgs.

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    ...Radon and asbestos: a study of agenda setting and causal...environmental carcinogens, radon and asbestos, became part of the congressional agenda...United States policies...
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    The Asbestos Cancer Epidemic, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now

    by Joseph Ladou. 6 pgs.

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    ...The Asbestos Cancer Epidemic. by Joseph LaDou The asbestos cancer epidemic may take as many as 10 million lives before asbestos is banned worldwide and exposures are...
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    Radiographic Abnormalities and Exposure to Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite in the Community of Libby, Montana, USA, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now

    by Lucy A. Peipins, Michael Lewin, Sharon Campolucci, Jeffrey A. Lybarger, Aubrey Miller, Dan Middleton, Christopher Weis, Michael Spence, Brad Black, Vikas Kapil. 7 pgs.

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    ...Radiographic abnormalities and exposure to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite in the community...processing, and personal or commercial use of asbestos-contaminated...
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    Mechanisms of the Genotoxicity of Crocidolite Asbestos in Mammalian Cells: Implication from Mutation Patterns Induced by Reactive Oxygen Species, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now

    by An Xu, Hongning Zhou, Dennis Zengliang Yu, Tom K. Hei. 6 pgs.

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    ...Mechanisms of the genotoxicity of crocidolite asbestos in mammalian cells: implication from...Dennis Zengliang Yu , Tom K. Hei Asbestos is an important environmental...
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    Increased Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pleura after Residential or Domestic Exposure to Asbestos: A Case-Control Study in Casale Monferrato, Italy, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now

    by Corrado Magnani, Paola Dalmasso, Annibale Biggeri, Cristiana Ivaldi, Dario Mirabelli, Benedetto Terracini. 5 pgs.

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    ...after residential or domestic exposure to Asbestos: a case-control study in Casale Monferrato...mesothelioma (MM) and nonoccupational asbestos exposure is currently...
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    An Unusual Case of Mixed-Dust Exposure Involving a "Noncommercial" Asbestos, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now

    by Ronald F. Dodson, Jeffrey L. Levin. 5 pgs.

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    ...Exposure Involving a "Noncommercial" Asbestos. by Ronald F. Dodson , Jeffrey...consistent with silicosis with a suspicion of asbestos-induced changes as well. A sample...
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    Toxic Apportionment: A Causation and Risk Contribution Model, in Environmental Law » Read Now

    by Gerald W. Boston. 101 pgs.

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    ...if the plaintiff has been exposed to asbestos-containing materials(3) and has a history...definitively.(4) If the exposed person sues asbestos manufacturers for products...
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    Ultimate Risk: The Inside Story of the Lloyd's Catastrophe (Discussion of asbestos begins on p. 90) » Read Now

    by Adam Raphael. 274 pgs.

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    In Ultimate Risk: The Inside Story of the Lloyd's Catastrophe, Adam Raphael has written a behind-the-scenes account of this still-unfolding disaster. The result in part of unprecedented natural disasters worldwide and huge numbers of asbestos and pollution claims in the U.S., this ultimate financial...
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    Class Action Dilemmas: Pursuing Public Goals for Private Gain (Discussion of asbestos begins on p. 99) » Read Now

    by Deborah R. Hensler, Nicholas M. Pace, Bonita Dombey-Moore, Beth Giddens, Jennifer Gross, Erik K. Moller. 609 pgs.

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    Class action law suits abound, but what is their purpose, and who benefits? This independent look at class action practices discusses the history of such cases, the driving forces behind them, and the justice or protection that their settlement provides. A comprehensive picture of class action suits...
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    Rational Risk Policy: The 1996 Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures (Discussion of asbestos begins on p. 112) » Read Now

    by W. Kip Viscusi. 146 pgs.

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    Rational Risk Policy is based on Viscusi's Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures, delivered at Lund University in 1996. The organizing principle of these lectures is that the irrationality of individual decisions is often embodied in government regulations. Rather than overcoming the inadequacies in...
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    Asbestos Litigation Costs and Compensation: An Interim Report » Read Now

    by Allan Abrahamse, Scott Ashwood, Stephen J. Carroll, Jennifer Gross, Deborah Hensler, Elizabeth Sloss, Michelle White. 99 pgs.

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