A Town Called Asbestos Environmental Contamination, Health, and Resilience in a Resource Community - Nature, History, Society
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780774828413 |
Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
Imprint: | UBCPress |
Pub date: | 15 Jan 2016 |
DEWEY: | 363.1791 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Weight: | 498g |
Height: | 163mm |
Width: | 263mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |