Asbestos + The Most Dangerous Job on the Planet.

What do you get when you combine asbestos, one of the most dangerous minerals in the world, https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/deadliest-minerals-and-gemstones.html (number 3 per this article) with ship breaking in Bangladesh, called by at least one article as “the most dangerous job on the plant.” Certainly a topic worth discussing and, for me, worth devoting the next 9 months of my time.

My blog this week will be the start of my second research project within my Master’s in History program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. This particular assignment was drafting an analysis of one of my primary sources on ship breaking in Bangladesh. I chose a 203 page study from 2015-6 which is apply entitled “The Most Dangerous Job on the Planet — Ship-breaking in Bangladesh”. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305496566_The_Most_Dangerous_Job_on_the_Planet_-_Ship-breaking_in_Bangladesh. The Acknowledgements page by the author is as follows:

I have attached my analysis of this study at  https://theasbestosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Primary-Sources-Theory-and-Analysis-in-Practice-9202022.docx. When it comes to ship breaking, asbestos is one of the many environmental and health concerns.

Please read my paper (it is fairly short) and let me know what you think about the topic, either in the comments section or by an email to TheAsbestosBlog@gmail.com. I plan to be researching and writing on this exposure for 9 months and, as such, I want to start off doing it right. Thanks. Marty