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Asbestos in Australia presents for the first time a multi-dimensional view ofAustralia's asbestos story featuring contributions from experts in thedisciplines of history, journalism, medicine, law and public health. It alsoincludes first-hand accounts of those whose lives have been touched by themineral, as workers, asbestos disease sufferers, and lawyers and campaignersdirectly engaged in the struggle to ban its use. The writers track the historyof asbestos from the early 20th century, when asbestos was mined in Australia,to the post-war housing boom which saw asbestos become the material of choicein cities and suburbs around the country. They then deal with its controversiallegacy: the dire medical consequences from exposure, the cover-ups and theprotracted legal battles for compensation, and the ongoing risks to publichealth from the asbestos that remains in our workplaces, schools and homes tothis day.

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Lenore Layman (co-editor) is an Australian historian, currently Adjunct Associate Professor of History at Murdoch University. Her research and publication on Australian asbestos history began in 1983. She was a Chief Investigator on the NHMRC-funded Consequences of asbestos exposure in WA and Dust-related Health Issues in Western Australians projects. She has recently co-authored and co-edited Powering Perth: A History of the East Perth Power Station and the Electrification of Perth; 110° in the Waterbag: A History of Life, Work and Leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the Northern Goldfields; Blood Nose Politics: A Centenary History of the WA National Party; and Radical Perth, Militant Fremantle.

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