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

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

Van Horssen, Jessica

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Series: Nature History Society

Public HealthTechnology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 0774828420
ISBN13: 9780774828420
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: Jul 1 2016
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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.

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