Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner Newall and the Asbestos Hazard [Paperback]

Asbestos was once known as the 'magic mineral' because of its ability to withstand flames. Yet since the 1970s, it has become a notorious and feared 'killer dust' that is responsible for thousands of deaths and an epidemic that will continue for many years.

A Physical Paradox
Dust Control and Mortality: 1931 to the 1940s
Medical Provision, Diagnosis, and Prescription
Compensation for Asbestos Workers
Death by Industrial Disease
Dust, Mortality, and the Cancer Hazard: 1940s to the early 1960s
Countervailing Forces
Lighting the Powder Trail
The Asbestos 'Bomb' Explodes
Turner & Newall on Trial
An Acceptable Level of Death
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Geoffrey Tweedaleis a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Business History, Manchester Metropolitan University. From 1983 he worked as a Researcher and Teacher in the History of Business, Technology, and Medicine, and more recently has held the position of Research Fellow at both Manchester and Sheffield universities.