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A Town Called Asbestos : Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community

Van Horssen, Jessica, 1980- author, Wynn, Graeme, 1946- writer of foreword

Overview

\"For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos from the town of Asbestos, Quebec, to produce fire-retardant products. Then, over time, people learned about the mineral's devastating effects on human health. Dependent on this deadly industry for their community's survival, the residents of Asbestos developed a unique, place-based understanding of their local environment; the risks they faced living next to the giant opencast mine; and their place within the global resource trade. This book unearths the local/global tensions that defined Asbestos's proud and painful history to reveal the challenges similar resource communities have faced--and continue to face today.\"--Page 4 of cover.

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Subject: Asbestos mines and mining Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Asbestos mines and mining Environmental aspects Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Asbestos mines and mining Health aspects Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Asbestos industry Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Asbestos industry Political aspects Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Asbestos adverse effects. / Hazardous Substances history. / Environmental Health. / Amiante Mines et extraction Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Amiante Mines et extraction Aspect de l'environnement Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Amiante Mines et extraction Aspect sanitaire Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Amiante Industrie Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Amiante Industrie Aspect politique Quâebec (Province) Asbestos. / Asbestos (Quâebec) History. / Asbestos (Quâebec) Economic conditions. / Asbestos (Quâebec) Histoire. / Asbestos (Quâebec) Conditions âeconomiques.
• ISBN: 9780774828413, 0774828412

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD9585.A66 C38 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE