Publisher's Synopsis
With a wide range of contributions from a series of experts, this comprehensive survey of the current status of asbestos policy focuses on the early importance of the mineral fiber to the global industrial complex, the ensuing health disaster, and the long process that led to its ban in the European Union. The study focuses on the well-documented dangers that asbestos poses as well as the health and safety and political issues that surround it. The book also points out that asbestos is still mined and asbestos-containing products are still produced in a number of locations around the world, and argues that bans must be complemented by proactive inspection, identification, and mapping of contamination in order to protect workers and citizens against its adverse effects.
