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For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos
from the town of Asbestos, Quebec, to produce fire-retardant
products. Then, over time, people learned about the mineral's
devastating effects on human health. Dependent on this deadly
industry for their community's survival, the residents of Asbestos
developed a unique, place-based understanding of their local
environment; the risks they faced living next to the giant opencast
mine; and their place within the global resource trade. This book
unearths the local-global tensions that defined Asbestos's proud
and painful history to reveal the challenges similar resource
communities have faced - and continue to face today.
For decades, manufacturers from around the world relied on asbestos
from the town of Asbestos, Quebec, to produce fire-retardant
products. Then, over time, people learned about the mineral's
devastating effects on human health. Dependent on this deadly
industry for their community's survival, the residents of Asbestos
developed a unique, place-based understanding of their local
environment; the risks they faced living next to the giant opencast
mine; and their place within the global resource trade. This book
unearths the local-global tensions that defined Asbestos's proud
and painful history to reveal the challenges similar resource
communities have faced - and continue to face today.
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