 "Unleashed on an unsuspecting world": The asbestos information association and its role in perpetuating a national epidemicG. Markowitz and D. Rosner American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 5, 834-839 Abstract: Examining previously underused corporate documents, we revisit the story of the Asbestos Information Association/North America, an industry trade group that sought in the early 1970s to counteract the growing public attention to, and government regulation of, asbestos as a serious threat to workers and consumers. From the mid-1960s through the early 1970s, according to its own spokesperson, asbestos was exposed as "probably the most hazardous industrial material ever unleashed on an unsuspecting world." In retrospect, thousands of lives may have been saved if the Asbestos Information Association had publicly acknowledged this earlier. Keywords: asbestos, government; human; industry; information dissemination; legislation and jurisprudence; North America; occupational exposure; occupational health; organization; organization and management; procedures; public opinion; United States, Asbestos; Humans; Industry; Information Dissemination; North America; Occupational Exposure; Occupational Health; Public Opinion; Societies; United States; United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.303023_3 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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