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Expendable Americans: The Asbestos Industry and the Attack on Science

by Paul Brodeur

Viking Press · 1974 · 274 pages · ISBN: 978-0670301027

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About This Book

The book that first brought the asbestos scandal to public attention. Paul Brodeur's New Yorker investigation documented how asbestos companies manipulated science and silenced doctors to protect their profits. Published in 1974, it was decades ahead of its time and laid the groundwork for modern asbestos litigation.

Best for: Anyone interested in the origins of the asbestos accountability movement and the early investigative journalism that exposed the crisis.

Who Should Read This

Anyone interested in the origins of the asbestos accountability movement and the early investigative journalism that exposed the crisis.

Key Takeaways

  • The book that started public awareness of the asbestos crisis
  • Documents early industry manipulation of scientific research
  • Originally published as a New Yorker series
  • Historical foundation for all subsequent asbestos litigation

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