Dust Trade: Life and Death in a Southern Mining Town

About This Book

The story of asbestos mining in South Africa — where workers and communities were devastated by asbestos exposure while multinational corporations profited. Provides crucial international context for understanding asbestos as a global public health disaster, not just an American one.

Best for: Readers interested in the international dimensions of the asbestos crisis and the environmental justice issues in developing countries.

Who Should Read This

Readers interested in the international dimensions of the asbestos crisis and the environmental justice issues in developing countries.

Key Takeaways

• International perspective on asbestos mining and its health toll
• Documents exploitation of workers in developing nations
• Shows how multinational corporations exported asbestos risks
• Environmental justice context for the global asbestos ban movement

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