Fatal deception : the untold story of asbestos : why it is still legal and still killing us /
Bowker, Michael, 1952-
Fatal deception : the untold story of asbestos : why it is still legal and still killing us / Michael Bowker. - Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale ; Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin's Press, c2003. - 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Serpent in the rock -- A plague of epic proportions -- Libby's deadly fields -- The disease of slaves -- Following the toxic trail -- 1940-1980: the cover-up -- Death by millions of cuts -- Justice denied -- 1980-2002: political failures -- A legal reckoning -- The EPA lands in Libby -- Why asbestos remains America's most lethal secret -- A town divided -- Targeting Third World markets -- Bankruptcies and the cowardly lion -- Cover-up at Ground Zero? -- The $500 million silver bullet -- Toward banning asbestos.
1579546846 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781579546847 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2002152241
Asbestos--Health aspects.
Asbestos--Environmental aspects.
Asbestos--adverse effects--Popular Works.
Environmental Exposure--Popular Works.
Industry--Popular Works.
Public Policy--Popular Works.
RA1231.A8 / B784f 2003
363.17/91
WA 754 / B786f 2003
Fatal deception : the untold story of asbestos : why it is still legal and still killing us / Michael Bowker. - Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale ; Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin's Press, c2003. - 323 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Serpent in the rock -- A plague of epic proportions -- Libby's deadly fields -- The disease of slaves -- Following the toxic trail -- 1940-1980: the cover-up -- Death by millions of cuts -- Justice denied -- 1980-2002: political failures -- A legal reckoning -- The EPA lands in Libby -- Why asbestos remains America's most lethal secret -- A town divided -- Targeting Third World markets -- Bankruptcies and the cowardly lion -- Cover-up at Ground Zero? -- The $500 million silver bullet -- Toward banning asbestos.
1579546846 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781579546847 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2002152241
Asbestos--Health aspects.
Asbestos--Environmental aspects.
Asbestos--adverse effects--Popular Works.
Environmental Exposure--Popular Works.
Industry--Popular Works.
Public Policy--Popular Works.
RA1231.A8 / B784f 2003
363.17/91
WA 754 / B786f 2003