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Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Guidance for Preventing Asbestos Disease Among Auto Mechanics
Author: EPA National Publications Catalog
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases
Author: Tim D. OuryPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642411932
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The third edition of Pathology of Asbestos-Associated Diseases builds on the success of the previous editions by fully updating knowledge on diagnostic and epidemiologic aspects and presenting important new insights derived from new epidemiologic studies and animal studies. Background information is first provided on the mineralogy of asbestos, occupational and environmental exposure, and asbestos bodies. The various diseases associated with asbestos exposure are then considered in turn, with detailed description and illustration of pathologic features as well as extensive discussion of etiology, epidemiology, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. Further chapters are devoted to cytopathology, experimental models of disease, analysis of tissue mineral fiber content, and medicolegal issues. This book will be an essential reference for pathologists and an invaluable source of information for pulmonologists, radiologists, and occupational medical practitioners.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: EPA 200-B.
Author: Doubt is Their Product
Author: David MichaelsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199719764
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"Doubt is our product," a cigarette executive once observed, "since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy." In this eye-opening expose, David Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Product defense consultants, he argues, have increasingly skewed the scientific literature, manufactured and magnified scientific uncertainty, and influenced policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of dangerous products. To keep the public confused about the hazards posed by global warming, second-hand smoke, asbestos, lead, plastics, and many other toxic materials, industry executives have hired unscrupulous scientists and lobbyists to dispute scientific evidence about health risks. In doing so, they have not only delayed action on specific hazards, but they have constructed barriers to make it harder for lawmakers, government agencies, and courts to respond to future threats. The Orwellian strategy of dismissing research conducted by the scientific community as "junk science" and elevating science conducted by product defense specialists to "sound science" status also creates confusion about the very nature of scientific inquiry and undermines the public's confidence in science's ability to address public health and environmental concerns Such reckless practices have long existed, but Michaels argues that the Bush administration deepened the dysfunction by virtually handing over regulatory agencies to the very corporate powers whose products and behavior they are charged with overseeing. In Doubt Is Their Product Michaels proves, beyond a doubt, that our regulatory system has been broken. He offers concrete, workable suggestions for how it can be restored by taking the politics out of science and ensuring that concern for public safety, rather than private profits, guides our regulatory policy. Named one of the best Sci-Tech books of 2008 by Library Journal!
Hazard Communication in the 21st Century Workforce
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Subcommittee on Employment, Safety, and TrainingPublisher:
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Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Control of Asbestos Exposure During Brake Drum Service
Author: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Physical Sciences and EngineeringPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Diseases in Humans
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description