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Online exhibition by photojournalist Bill Ravanesi, whose father died in 1981 of malignant
mesothelioma. Contemporary and vintage images, narrative, and industry advertisements
focusing on the victims and circumstances of asbestos-caused diseases, including malignant
mesothelioma.
Accompanying monograph of the same name includes essays by Paul Brodeur ("The
Asbestos Tragedy"), Arthur J. Sabatini, David Kotelchuck, Barry Castleman, and 22
5-color plates and five B&W reproductions. Not all of the images included on the Web site
are reproduced in the monograph. The softbound monograph, ISBN 1-879842-91-2, is available
for purchase ($30) from the Center for Visual Arts in the Public Interest, 52 Washington
Park, Newtonville, MA 02160.
Chronology of the newspaper's extensive coverage, with links to 70 articles published
between November 1999 and April 2001.
Print exposé of the reckless practices of CSR (Colonial Sugar Refineries) in operating the
blue asbestos mine in Wittenoom, Western Australia, where the highest rate of mesothelioma
in the world is recorded. Online synopsis entitled CSR, Asbestos and the death of 2,000
people.
"The district of Szczucin has one of the highest rates of mesothelioma in Poland and what
is believed to be among the highest death rates from the disease in Europe, according to a
study by Poland's Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine."
First major exposé of the practices of the asbestos industry in the United States. The
material in this book appeared originally as a series of articles in the New
Yorker, in a slightly different form.
The complete New Yorker reports.
Comprehensive reference to asbestos litigation, including a complete historical
perspective of litigation and the evolution of knowledge of asbestos hazards, both in open
literature and with particular attention to the main defendants in these
cases.
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Breath
Taken: The Landscape & Biography of Asbestos.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's investigation
of asbestos-related issues.
Blue Murder: two thousand doomed to die: the shocking truth about
Wittenoom's deadly dust. by Ben Hills. Melbourne, Australia: Sun Macmillan, 1989.
"All My Friends Are Dead" by Dennis Cauchon. Article appearing in USA
Today, Feb. 9, 1999, and condensed in Reader's Digest, November 1999, pp.
106-111.
Print Resources
Expendable Americans, by Paul Brodeur. Viking Press, Inc., 1973. ISBN
0-670-30200-7 (hardback), ISBN 0-670-00580-0 (paper).
Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on Trial, by Paul Brodeur.
Pantheon Books, 1985. ISBN 0-394-53320-8.
Asbestos: Medical & Legal Aspects, 4th ed., by Barry I. Castleman and
Stephen L. Berger. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN 1-56706-275X.
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