Title Asbestos and fire : technological tradeoffs and the body at risk / Rachel Maines

Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : illustrations Contents The asbestos technology decision environment -- Asbestos before 1880: from natural wonder to industrial material -- The rise of the asbestos curtain -- Mass destruction by fire: asbestos in World War II -- Schools, homes, and workplaces: fire prevention in the postwar built environment -- The asbestos tort conflagration Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Asbestos. Fireproofing. Risk assessment. Asbestos Contraindications Asbestos -- history Fires -- prevention & control Risk Assessment asbestos. fireproofing. risk assessment. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History. Risk assessment Asbestos Fireproofing Form Electronic book ISBN 0813537746 9780813537740 9780813570235 0813570239 9780813535753 0813535751

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