Asbestos blues: labour, capital, physicians and the State in South Africa
"From the mid-1940s to the mid-1970s, blue asbestos was mined in South Africa for worldwide use. More recently, it has been identified as one of the most dangerous carcinogens to which humans can be exposed. Yet the asbestos mining industry and the South African government have been slow to res...
Main Author: | McCulloch, Jock |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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Bloomington
2002
Indiana University Press |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19299950124910171329-asbestos-blues-labour,-capital.htm |
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