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Title Dangerous trade : histories of industrial hazard across a globalizing world / edited by Christopher Sellers and Joseph Melling
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (218 pages)
Contents pt. 1. The late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century -- pt. 2. The middle to the late twentieth century
Summary From anthrax to asbestos to pesticides, industrial toxins and pollutants have troubled the world for the past century and longer. Environmental hazards from industry remain one of the world's foremost killers.Dangerous Trade establishes historical groundwork for a better understanding of how and why these hazards continue to threaten our shrinking world.In this timely collection, an international group of scholars casts a rigorous eye towards efforts to combat these ailments. Dangerous Trade contains a wide range of case studies that illuminate transnational mov
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Industrial hygiene.
Hazardous substances.
Industrial toxicology.
Industrial safety.
Environmental health.
Occupational diseases.
Occupational Health
Occupational Diseases
Accidents, Occupational
Occupational Injuries
occupational safety.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Health & Safety.
HISTORY -- World.
Occupational diseases
Environmental health
Hazardous substances
Industrial hygiene
Industrial safety
Industrial toxicology
Form Electronic book
Author Sellers, Christopher C.
Melling, Joseph.
LC no. 2011015413
ISBN 9781439904701
1439904707
1283355868
9781283355865
9786613355867
6613355860